Being Dead: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Being Dead audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Virginia Leishman (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Virginia Leishman
Virginia Leishman narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 357 hours in all.
- The Proposal
- Possession
- The Rescue
- Private Arrangements
- The Pursuit
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,644 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Being Dead is an audiobook by Jim Crace: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Virginia Leishman, released January 15, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Virginia Leishman
- Released
- January 15, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781440782367
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Being Dead audiobook?
Being Dead runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the Being Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Being Dead?
Being Dead is narrated by Virginia Leishman.