Couples: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Couples audiobook runs 18.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Ari Fliakos (about 12.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ari Fliakos
Ari Fliakos narrates 143 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,385 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
450 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
Couples is an audiobook by John Updike: a 18.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ari Fliakos, released February 4, 2020, on the Psychological and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ari Fliakos
- Released
- February 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593150061
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Couples audiobook?
Couples runs 18.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.5 hours.
Is the Couples audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Couples?
Couples is narrated by Ari Fliakos.
Is Couples worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.5 hours, saving 6.3 hours.