Palace Walk: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Cairo series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Palace Walk audiobook runs 21.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Neil Shah (about 14.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 days |
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What our data says
- At 21.1 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Neil Shah
Neil Shah narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,202 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
358 Historical (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
Palace Walk is book 1 of Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo series: a 21.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Shah, released January 17, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Shah
- Released
- January 17, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- Cairo Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781977387981
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Palace Walk audiobook?
Palace Walk runs 21.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.1 hours.
Is the Palace Walk audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Palace Walk?
Palace Walk is narrated by Neil Shah.
Is Palace Walk worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.1 hours, saving 7 hours.