classic fiction audiobook
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is about 60 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 40 hr, and at 2× to about 30 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× | 75 hr |
| 1× | 60 hr |
| 1.25× | 48 hr |
| 1.5× | 40 hr |
| 1.75× | 34 hr 17 min |
| 2× | 30 hr |
| 2.5× | 24 hr |
| 3× | 20 hr |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 60 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 40 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 54 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× | 240 | 120 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 30 |
| 1.25× | 192 | 96 | 64 | 48 | 32 | 24 |
| 1.5× | 160 | 80 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 20 |
| 2× | 120 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 15 |
How long, really
At 60 hr, Les Misérables is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend. That's longer than about 99% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Les Misérables comes to roughly 558,000 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 Les Misérables and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Les Misérables audiobook by Victor Hugo runs about 60 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Les Misérables takes about 40 hours. At 2x it takes about 30 hours.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Les Misérables takes about 60 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 40 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 120 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Les Misérables is longer than about 99% of them. At 60 hr it is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend.
