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All the Light We Cannot See: Audiobook

The All the Light We Cannot See audiobook runs an estimated 16.1 hours (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.1est. listening hrs
4.3★81 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 16.1 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish All the Light We Cannot See at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

What our data says

  • At 16.1 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 84% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 38% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a long-haul epic at 16.1 hours (estimated).

About the book

Winner of the Audie Award for Fiction *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the All the Light We Cannot See audiobook?

All the Light We Cannot See runs about 16.1 hours, our estimate from its 544 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Can I listen to All the Light We Cannot See free?

Yes, with the audiobooks.com free trial. Start the trial, get All the Light We Cannot See included, and cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Is All the Light We Cannot See worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was All the Light We Cannot See first published?

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr was first published in 2014.