About a Boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the About a Boy audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Mangan (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 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 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Mangan
Stephen Mangan narrates 36 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 112 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,321 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Couple Next Door
- The Life We Bury
- Call Me by Your Name
- Yellowface
- Normal People
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
About a Boy is an audiobook by Nick Hornby: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Mangan, released February 25, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Mangan
- Released
- February 25, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241973103
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the About a Boy audiobook?
About a Boy runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the About a Boy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates About a Boy?
About a Boy is narrated by Stephen Mangan.