Why Read Moby-Dick?: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Read Moby-Dick? audiobook runs 2.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Nathaniel Philbrick (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2.6 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
1,201 Literature audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Why Read Moby-Dick? is an audiobook by Nathaniel Philbrick: a 2.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Nathaniel Philbrick, released October 20, 2011, on the Literature shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Released
- October 20, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9781101523667
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why Read Moby-Dick? audiobook?
Why Read Moby-Dick? runs 2.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is the Why Read Moby-Dick? audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why Read Moby-Dick??
Why Read Moby-Dick? is narrated by Nathaniel Philbrick.