Beautiful Ruins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beautiful Ruins audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 178 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,827 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
810 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Beautiful Ruins is an audiobook by Jess Walter: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released June 12, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- June 12, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062201621
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beautiful Ruins audiobook?
Beautiful Ruins runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Beautiful Ruins audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beautiful Ruins?
Beautiful Ruins is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Is Beautiful Ruins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.