Half a Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Half a Life audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Neil Shah (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Neil Shah
Neil Shah narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,202 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,853 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
Half a Life is an audiobook by V.S. Naipaul: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Shah, released September 18, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Shah
- Released
- September 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781538555095
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Half a Life audiobook?
Half a Life runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is the Half a Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Half a Life?
Half a Life is narrated by Neil Shah.