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Anatomy of a Disappearance by Hisham Matar

Anatomy of a Disappearance: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Anatomy of a Disappearance audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Khalid Abdalla (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Coming of Agestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Anatomy of a Disappearance at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 3,283 Coming of Age audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Coming of Age shelf

178 Coming of Age audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by Khalid Abdalla runs 0.3 hours shorter (5.1 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

Anatomy of a Disappearance is an audiobook by Hisham Matar: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Khalid Abdalla, released June 30, 2016, on the Coming of Age shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Khalid Abdalla
Released
June 30, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age
ISBN
9780241978467

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Anatomy of a Disappearance audiobook?

Anatomy of a Disappearance runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is the Anatomy of a Disappearance audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Anatomy of a Disappearance?

Anatomy of a Disappearance is narrated by Khalid Abdalla.