Call for the Dead: Audiobook
Book 1 of the George Smiley series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Call for the Dead audiobook runs 4.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on George Smiley
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 16.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call for the Dead | 4.6 hrs |
| 2 | A Murder of Quality | 4.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | 6.9 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
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- The House in the Woods
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About as long, on the Espionage shelf
67 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Simon Russell Beale runs 0.3 hours longer (4.8 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
Call for the Dead is book 1 of John Le Carré's George Smiley series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released May 21, 2024, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- May 21, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- Series
- George Smiley #1
- ISBN
- 9781666659764
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Call for the Dead audiobook?
Call for the Dead runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is the Call for the Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Call for the Dead?
Call for the Dead is narrated by Simon Vance.