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By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham

By Nightfall: Audiobook

by Michael Cunningham · narrated by Hugh Dancy · unabridged · 2010

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By Nightfall audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Hugh Dancy (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 33 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,064 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by Hugh Dancy runs 3.2 hours shorter (4.3 hours).

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

By Nightfall is an audiobook by Michael Cunningham: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Hugh Dancy, released September 28, 2010, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Hugh Dancy
Released
September 28, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781427210586

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the By Nightfall audiobook?

By Nightfall runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

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Who narrates By Nightfall?

By Nightfall is narrated by Hugh Dancy.