A Ladder to the Sky: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Ladder to the Sky runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Cordery and Laurence Kennedy and others (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Cordery
Richard Cordery narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 60 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,686 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 Ladder to the Sky is an audiobook by John Boyne: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Cordery, Laurence Kennedy and Nina Sosanya and others, released November 13, 2018, on the Psychological and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Cordery, Laurence Kennedy, Nina Sosanya, Richard E. Grant
- Released
- November 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781984846198
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Ladder to the Sky as an audiobook?
A Ladder to the Sky runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is A Ladder to the Sky free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Ladder to the Sky?
A Ladder to the Sky is narrated by Richard Cordery, Laurence Kennedy, Nina Sosanya and Richard E. Grant.
Is A Ladder to the Sky worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.