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The Light of Day by Graham Swift

The Light of Day: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Light of Day runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Light of Day at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

10,789 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2003 recording read by Graeme Malcolm runs 1 hours shorter (7.2 hours).

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

The Light of Day is an audiobook by Graham Swift: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released November 25, 2021, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Jennings
Released
November 25, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781471187391

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Light of Day as an audiobook?

The Light of Day runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Light of Day free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Light of Day?

The Light of Day is narrated by Alex Jennings.