A Single Man: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Single Man runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
625 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2021 recording read by Alex Jennings runs about the same length (4.6 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 Single Man is an audiobook by Christopher Isherwood: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released December 22, 2009, on the LGBTQ+ (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- December 22, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781615730599
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Single Man as an audiobook?
A Single Man runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is A Single Man free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Single Man?
A Single Man is narrated by Simon Prebble.