Ancestry: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ancestry audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,601 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2022 recording read by Jonathan Keeble runs 0.8 hours longer (11.3 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
Ancestry is an audiobook by Simon Mawer: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released June 20, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- June 20, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9798212388344
How to listen to Ancestry free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ancestry audiobook?
Ancestry runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Ancestry audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Ancestry?
Ancestry is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is Ancestry worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.