Nutshell: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nutshell audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Rory Kinnear (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 167 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
380 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
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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
Nutshell is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Kinnear, released September 13, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Kinnear
- Released
- September 13, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781501936579
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Nutshell audiobook?
Nutshell runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is the Nutshell audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Nutshell?
Nutshell is narrated by Rory Kinnear.