Beyond Black: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beyond Black audiobook runs 17.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Anna Bentinck (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anna Bentinck
Anna Bentinck narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,132 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
618 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
Beyond Black is an audiobook by Hilary Mantel: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Bentinck, released January 4, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Bentinck
- Released
- January 4, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781510094642
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beyond Black audiobook?
Beyond Black runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.
Is the Beyond Black audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beyond Black?
Beyond Black is narrated by Anna Bentinck.
Is Beyond Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.