A Way in the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Way in the World runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,586 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 Way in the World is an audiobook by V.S. Naipaul: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released September 4, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- September 4, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781538555026
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Way in the World as an audiobook?
A Way in the World runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is A Way in the World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Way in the World?
A Way in the World is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is A Way in the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.