Necessary Lies: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Necessary Lies audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Alison Elliott (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,397 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Necessary Lies is an audiobook by Diane Chamberlain: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alison Elliott, released September 3, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alison Elliott
- Released
- September 3, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
- ISBN
- 9781427232922
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Necessary Lies audiobook?
Necessary Lies runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Necessary Lies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Necessary Lies?
Necessary Lies is narrated by Alison Elliott.
Is Necessary Lies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.