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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia Audiobook— narrated by Frank Muller
Paul Theroux rides the rails from London across Asia and back, and turns four months of train compartments into a sharp, addictive classic. The Great Railway Bazaar helped launch the modern golden age of travel writing.
Why the audiobook wins
Frank Muller was one of the great audiobook voices, a narrator whose gravelly, unhurried delivery matched Theroux's restless curiosity beat for beat, and his reading of this travel classic is the version longtime fans point newcomers toward. He doesn't perform Theroux so much as inhabit his skepticism, letting every sardonic aside about a fellow passenger or a broken-down railway carriage land with the timing of someone who was actually there.
At nearly eleven hours, this is a commute book or a long-drive book, the kind of listen you settle into over a week and let carry you from London through Iran and India to the Trans-Siberian home stretch. Theroux's prose was built for the ear before podcasts made travelogues a genre, observational, funny, occasionally cranky in ways that land even better spoken aloud than read silently.
Muller's recordings are treasured among audiobook listeners for a reason, and this one shows why: a voice that sounds like it has actually ridden every one of these trains. Eleven hours, one credit, and a trip around the world without leaving your seat.
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- Who narrates the The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia audiobook?
- Frank Muller narrates the audiobook edition of The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia.
- How long is the The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 10 hr 53 min.
- Is the The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia 4.3 out of 5. Frank Muller was one of the great audiobook voices, a narrator whose gravelly, unhurried delivery matched Theroux's restless curiosity beat for beat, and his reading of this travel classic is the version longtime fans point newcomers toward. He doesn't perform Theroux so much as…
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- No. The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on July 6, 2026.
- How much does The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia cost?
- On Amazon: Kindle $10.06, Paperback $15.11, Hardcover $193.90. Prices as of August 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM EDT and may change.
