Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Assaf Cohen (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Assaf Cohen
Assaf Cohen narrates 44 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 446 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
619 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda is an audiobook by Aimen Dean: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Assaf Cohen, released August 7, 2018, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Assaf Cohen
- Released
- August 7, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781982538569
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda audiobook?
Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda?
Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda is narrated by Assaf Cohen.
Is Nine Lives: My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.