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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Little Life runs 28.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matt Bomer (about 19.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

28.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 28.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Little Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day58 days
1 hour / day29 days
2 hours / day15 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×20 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 28.6 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

40 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 Little Life is an audiobook by Hanya Yanagihara: a 28.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Matt Bomer, released February 4, 2025, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
28.6 hrs
Narrated by
Matt Bomer
Released
February 4, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780593910672

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Little Life as an audiobook?

A Little Life runs 28.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.1 hours.

Is A Little Life free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Little Life?

A Little Life is narrated by Matt Bomer.

Is A Little Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.1 hours, saving 9.5 hours.