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Cover of Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

Eye of the Needle: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Eye of the Needle audiobook runs 11 hours (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
4.0★24 ratings
Thrillergenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Eye of the Needle at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it's shorter than 60% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 11% shorter than the average thriller audiobook (12.3 hrs across 717 titles in our dataset).

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners who want spycraft: a solid week of commutes at 11 hours.

About the book

The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire , and The Evening and the Morning His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . . But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom—and win the war for the Nazis. . . .

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Eye of the Needle audiobook?

Eye of the Needle runs 11 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Eye of the Needle audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is Eye of the Needle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Eye of the Needle first published?

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett was first published in 1978.