A Thousand Ships: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Thousand Ships runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Natalie Haynes (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 82 hours in all.
- Stone Blind
- A Thousand Ships: A Gripping Feminist Retelling of the Trojan War, Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
- Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
- Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
- Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4: A comical guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,131 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- An American Marriage
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- The Couple Next Door
- The Life We Bury
- Call Me by Your Name
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Thousand Ships is an audiobook by Natalie Haynes: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Natalie Haynes, released January 26, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Natalie Haynes
- Released
- January 26, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780063065420
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Thousand Ships as an audiobook?
A Thousand Ships runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is A Thousand Ships free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Thousand Ships?
A Thousand Ships is narrated by Natalie Haynes.