A Possible Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Possible Life runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lucy Briers and Sian Thomas and others (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lucy Briers
Lucy Briers narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 57 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,077 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2012 recording read by Sian Thomas runs about the same length (10.1 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 Possible Life is an audiobook by Sebastian Faulks: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Briers, Sian Thomas and Christian Rodska and others, released September 13, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lucy Briers, Sian Thomas, Christian Rodska, Samuel West, Rupert Degas
- Released
- September 13, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781448135455
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Possible Life as an audiobook?
A Possible Life runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is A Possible Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Possible Life?
A Possible Life is narrated by Lucy Briers, Sian Thomas, Christian Rodska and Samuel West and others.
Is A Possible Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.