classic fiction audiobook
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is about 40 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 26 hr 40 min, and at 2× to about 20 hr.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 50 hr |
| 1× | 40 hr |
| 1.25× | 32 hr |
| 1.5× | 26 hr 40 min |
| 1.75× | 22 hr 51 min |
| 2× | 20 hr |
| 2.5× | 16 hr |
| 3× | 13 hr 20 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 40 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 27 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 36 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 160 | 80 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 20 |
| 1.25× | 128 | 64 | 43 | 32 | 22 | 16 |
| 1.5× | 107 | 54 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 14 |
| 2× | 80 | 40 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
How long, really
At 40 hr, Don Quixote is more than a full day and a half of non-stop listening. That's longer than about 95% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Don Quixote comes to roughly 372,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through Don Quixote and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Don Quixote audiobook by Miguel de Cervantes runs about 40 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Don Quixote takes about 26 hours and 40 minutes. At 2x it takes about 20 hours.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Don Quixote takes about 40 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 27 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 80 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Don Quixote is longer than about 95% of them. At 40 hr it is more than a full day and a half of non-stop listening.
