Coming Up for Air: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Coming Up for Air audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Brown (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Brown
Richard Brown narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 198 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,553 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
Coming Up for Air is an audiobook by George Orwell: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Brown, released December 1, 2011, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Brown
- Released
- December 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781481557214
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Coming Up for Air audiobook?
Coming Up for Air runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Coming Up for Air audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Coming Up for Air?
Coming Up for Air is narrated by Richard Brown.