News of the Dead: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the News of the Dead audiobook runs 14.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sheila Reid and David Monteath and others (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sheila Reid
Sheila Reid narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 85 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,241 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
News of the Dead is an audiobook by James Robertson: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sheila Reid, David Monteath and David Rintoul, released August 5, 2021, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sheila Reid, David Monteath, David Rintoul
- Released
- August 5, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780241994733
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the News of the Dead audiobook?
News of the Dead runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the News of the Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates News of the Dead?
News of the Dead is narrated by Sheila Reid, David Monteath and David Rintoul.
Is News of the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.