A God in Ruins: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Todd Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A God in Ruins runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Todd Family
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 15.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 29.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life After Life | 15.5 hrs |
| 2 | A God in Ruins | 14 hrs |
More narrated by Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings narrates 65 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 634 hours in all.
- The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection
- The Horse and His Boy
- Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: Seven full-cast dramatisations
- C. S. Lewis: The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, plus a brand new full-cast BBC adaptation of That Hideous Strength
- The Sins of the Father
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
612 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2015 recording read by Alex Jennings runs 2.4 hours longer (16.4 hours).
- The 2018 recording read by Alex Jennings runs 2.4 hours longer (16.4 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A God in Ruins is book 2 of Kate Atkinson's Todd Family series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released May 5, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Jennings
- Released
- May 5, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- Series
- Todd Family #2
- ISBN
- 9781478932642
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A God in Ruins as an audiobook?
A God in Ruins runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is A God in Ruins free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A God in Ruins?
A God in Ruins is narrated by Alex Jennings.
Is A God in Ruins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.