Cruel Is the Light: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cruel Is the Light audiobook runs 15.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Ethan Reid and Fiona Hardingham and others (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 1,014 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ethan Reid
Ethan Reid narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 262 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf
69 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) 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
Cruel Is the Light is an audiobook by Sophie Clark: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ethan Reid, Fiona Hardingham and Steve West, released May 20, 2025, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ethan Reid, Fiona Hardingham, Steve West
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
- ISBN
- 9798217015245
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cruel Is the Light audiobook?
Cruel Is the Light runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is the Cruel Is the Light audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Cruel Is the Light?
Cruel Is the Light is narrated by Ethan Reid, Fiona Hardingham and Steve West.
Is Cruel Is the Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.