Devices and Desires: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Devices and Desires audiobook runs 18.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Penelope Dellaporta (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 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 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Penelope Dellaporta
Penelope Dellaporta narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 191 hours in all.
- Cover Her Face
- A Certain Justice: An Adam Dalgliesh Novel
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- The Black Tower
- Unnatural Causes
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
266 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Gone Girl
- The Good Daughter
- We Are All Guilty Here
- The Boy
- The Silent Wife
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
Devices and Desires is an audiobook by P. D. James: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Dellaporta, released June 28, 2005, on the Police & Detective and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Dellaporta
- Released
- June 28, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781415926161
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Devices and Desires audiobook?
Devices and Desires runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is the Devices and Desires audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Devices and Desires?
Devices and Desires is narrated by Penelope Dellaporta.
Is Devices and Desires worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.