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A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing by Hilary Mantel

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bill Hamilton and Aurora Dawson-Hunte and others (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.4listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2023 recording read by Nicholas Pearson and Bill Hamilton runs about the same length (16.4 hours).
  • The 2023 recording read by Aurora Dawson Hunte and Nicholas Pearson runs 1 hours shorter (15.4 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 Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing is an audiobook by Hilary Mantel: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Hamilton, Aurora Dawson-Hunte and Lydia Leonard and others, released October 24, 2023, on the Memoirs and Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.4 hrs
Narrated by
Bill Hamilton, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Lydia Leonard, Anne Enright, Ben Miles, Sarah Waters
Released
October 24, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Women, Social Science
ISBN
9781443472609

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing as an audiobook?

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing?

A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing is narrated by Bill Hamilton, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Lydia Leonard and Anne Enright and others.

Is A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.