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A Long Winter by Colm Toibin

A Long Winter: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Winter runs 3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerard Doyle (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Long Winter at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 3 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Gerard Doyle

Gerard Doyle narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,669 hours in all.

All Gerard Doyle audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

201 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 Winter is an audiobook by Colm Toibin: a 3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerard Doyle, released November 11, 2025, on the LGBTQ+ (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3 hrs
Narrated by
Gerard Doyle
Released
November 11, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781668149263

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Long Winter as an audiobook?

A Long Winter runs 3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.

Is A Long Winter free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Long Winter?

A Long Winter is narrated by Gerard Doyle.