classic fiction audiobook
Ulysses by James Joyce is about 27 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 18 hr, and at 2× to about 13 hr 30 min.
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× | 33 hr 45 min |
| 1× | 27 hr |
| 1.25× | 21 hr 36 min |
| 1.5× | 18 hr |
| 1.75× | 15 hr 26 min |
| 2× | 13 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 10 hr 48 min |
| 3× | 9 hr |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 27 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 18 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 24 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× | 108 | 54 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 14 |
| 1.25× | 87 | 44 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
| 1.5× | 72 | 36 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
| 2× | 54 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
How long, really
At 27 hr, Ulysses is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver. That's longer than about 90% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Ulysses comes to roughly 251,000 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 Ulysses and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Ulysses audiobook by James Joyce runs about 27 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Ulysses takes about 18 hours. At 2x it takes about 13 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Ulysses takes about 27 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 18 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 54 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Ulysses is longer than about 90% of them. At 27 hr it is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver.
