A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pauline Mclynn and Beattie Edmondson and others (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pauline Mclynn
Pauline Mclynn narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,467 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 Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy is an audiobook by Nick Hornby: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Pauline Mclynn, Beattie Edmondson and Christopher Ragland and others, released February 6, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pauline Mclynn, Beattie Edmondson, Christopher Ragland, Nicky Henson
- Released
- February 6, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9780241000182
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy as an audiobook?
A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy?
A Long Way Down: The international bestseller from the author of About a Boy is narrated by Pauline Mclynn, Beattie Edmondson, Christopher Ragland and Nicky Henson.