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Winter by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Winter: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Seasons series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Winter audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Essays & Anthologiesstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Winter at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Seasons

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 24.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Autumn4.4 hrs
2Winter5.2 hrs
3Spring5 hrs
4Summer9.6 hrs

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf

295 Essays & Anthologies 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

Winter is book 2 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's Seasons series: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released January 23, 2018, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
January 23, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Essays & Anthologies
Series
Seasons #2
ISBN
9781501971082

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Winter audiobook?

Winter runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Winter audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Winter?

Winter is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.