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A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley

A Long Way Home: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Way Home runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vikas Adam (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Long Way Home at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2023 recording read by Vidish Athavale runs 0.3 hours shorter (7.1 hours).

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 Home is an audiobook by Saroo Brierley: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Vikas Adam, released June 12, 2014, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Vikas Adam
Released
June 12, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781482996159

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Long Way Home as an audiobook?

A Long Way Home runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is A Long Way Home free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Long Way Home?

A Long Way Home is narrated by Vikas Adam.