On Beauty: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Beauty audiobook runs 18.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Francis James (about 12.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Francis James
Peter Francis James narrates 40 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 516 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
447 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
On Beauty is an audiobook by Zadie Smith: a 18.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Francis James, released September 8, 2005, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Francis James
- Released
- September 8, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780786563975
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On Beauty audiobook?
On Beauty runs 18.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.5 hours.
Is the On Beauty audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On Beauty?
On Beauty is narrated by Peter Francis James.
Is On Beauty worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.5 hours, saving 6.3 hours.