Absolute Friends: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Absolute Friends audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Paisley Day (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Paisley Day
Simon Paisley Day narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 45 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
326 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by John Guy Lewis runs 0.3 hours longer (14.4 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
Absolute Friends is an audiobook by John Le Carré: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Paisley Day, released February 27, 2025, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Paisley Day
- Released
- February 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- ISBN
- 9780241398715
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Absolute Friends audiobook?
Absolute Friends runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Absolute Friends audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Absolute Friends?
Absolute Friends is narrated by Simon Paisley Day.
Is Absolute Friends worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.