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A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

A Town Like Alice: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Town Like Alice runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Neil Hunt (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Town Like Alice at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Town Like Alice is an audiobook by Nevil Shute: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Hunt, released May 13, 2011, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Neil Hunt
Released
May 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781456122850

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Town Like Alice as an audiobook?

A Town Like Alice runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is A Town Like Alice free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Town Like Alice?

A Town Like Alice is narrated by Neil Hunt.

Is A Town Like Alice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.