A Thousand Cuts: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Thousand Cuts runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Colin Mcphillamy and Patricia Connolly and others (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Colin Mcphillamy
Colin Mcphillamy narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 76 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,580 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 Thousand Cuts is an audiobook by Simon Lelic: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Colin Mcphillamy, Patricia Connolly and James Clamp and others, released July 9, 2010, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Colin Mcphillamy, Patricia Connolly, James Clamp, Elizabeth Jasicki, Charlotte Parry, John Curless
- Released
- July 9, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781449828356
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Thousand Cuts as an audiobook?
A Thousand Cuts runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is A Thousand Cuts free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Thousand Cuts?
A Thousand Cuts is narrated by Colin Mcphillamy, Patricia Connolly, James Clamp and Elizabeth Jasicki and others.