Beloved: Audiobook
The Beloved audiobook runs an estimated 9.8 hours (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 9.8 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 57% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 16% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 9.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This "powerful, mesmerizing story” ( People) is an unflinching look into the abyss of slavery, from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner. With an afterword by the author and a new introduction by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. “A masterwork.... Wonderful.... I can’t imagine American literature without it.” —John Leonard, Los Angeles Times Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. “Dazzling. . . . Magical. . . . An extraordinary work.” —The New York Times
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beloved audiobook?
Beloved runs about 9.8 hours, our estimate from its 330 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Beloved audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was Beloved first published?
Beloved by Toni Morrison was first published in 1987.
