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Zuckerman Unbound by Philip Roth

Zuckerman Unbound: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Nathan Zuckerman series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Zuckerman Unbound audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Zuckerman Unbound 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

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Nathan Zuckerman Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 32.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Ghost Writer4.5 hrs
2Zuckerman Unbound5.5 hrs
3The Anatomy Lesson7.6 hrs
4The Prague Orgy2.3 hrs
5The Counterlife12.3 hrs

More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

969 Literary Fiction 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

Zuckerman Unbound is book 2 of Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released June 28, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Malcolm Hillgartner
Released
June 28, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
Series
The Nathan Zuckerman Series #2
ISBN
9781504699877

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Zuckerman Unbound audiobook?

Zuckerman Unbound runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is the Zuckerman Unbound audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Zuckerman Unbound?

Zuckerman Unbound is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.