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Beast by Paul Kingsnorth

Beast: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beast audiobook runs 4 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4listening hrs
Religious Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beast at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 4 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Beast is an audiobook by Paul Kingsnorth: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released August 1, 2017, on the Psychological and Religious Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
August 1, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Religious Fiction
ISBN
9781515983873

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beast audiobook?

Beast runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.

Is the Beast audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Beast?

Beast is narrated by Simon Vance.