Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure audiobook runs 5.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Florence Howard (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 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 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Florence Howard
Florence Howard narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 320 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,170 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
Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure is an audiobook by Sophie Mackintosh: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Florence Howard, released April 2, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Florence Howard
- Released
- April 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781405988728
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure audiobook?
Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is the Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure audiobook free?
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Who narrates Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure?
Permanence: A sleek and addictive modern love story from the Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Water Cure is narrated by Florence Howard.