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Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Jameson (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

966 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

Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life is an audiobook by Kate Atkinson: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Jameson, released November 20, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Susan Jameson
Released
November 20, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781473510432

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life audiobook?

Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is the Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life?

Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life is narrated by Susan Jameson.

Is Behind The Scenes At The Museum: The award-winning novel from the bestselling author of Life After Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.