A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vikas Adam (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Vikas Adam
Vikas Adam narrates 342 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,726 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,055 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
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart is an audiobook by Nishant Batsha: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Vikas Adam, released July 1, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vikas Adam
- Released
- July 1, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9780063303638
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart as an audiobook?
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart?
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart is narrated by Vikas Adam.