Forgotten Life: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Squire Quartet series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forgotten Life audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Harry Frost (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Squire Quartet
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 50.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life In The West | 12.6 hrs |
| 2 | Forgotten Life | 11.7 hrs |
| 3 | Remembrance Day | 10.5 hrs |
| 4 | Somewhere East Of Life | 15.3 hrs |
More narrated by Harry Frost
Harry Frost narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 405 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,935 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
- The Troop
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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
Forgotten Life is book 2 of Brian W. Aldiss's Squire Quartet series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Harry Frost, released January 5, 2026, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Harry Frost
- Released
- January 5, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Squire Quartet #2
- ISBN
- 9798855580600
How to listen to Forgotten Life free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forgotten Life audiobook?
Forgotten Life runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is the Forgotten Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forgotten Life?
Forgotten Life is narrated by Harry Frost.
Is Forgotten Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.