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A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks

A Week in December: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Week in December runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Week in December at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,867 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2010 recording read by Colin Mace runs 1.6 hours longer (14.6 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 Week in December is an audiobook by Sebastian Faulks: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released March 2, 2010, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
March 2, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ISBN
9780307714084

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Week in December as an audiobook?

A Week in December runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is A Week in December free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Week in December?

A Week in December is narrated by Simon Vance.

Is A Week in December worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.