Parallel Lines: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Parallel Lines audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 156 hours in all.
- Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries: Four original short stories
- The Order of Time
- Neverwhere: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
- The Odyssey: An epic full-cast journey through the adventures of Odysseus and the world of Greek Mythology
- Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 1: A full-cast BBC Radio Comedy
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,102 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
Parallel Lines is an audiobook by Edward St. Aubyn: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, released July 15, 2025, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Released
- July 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798217083329
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Parallel Lines audiobook?
Parallel Lines runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Parallel Lines audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Parallel Lines?
Parallel Lines is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.