Philomena: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Philomena audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by John Curless (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Curless
John Curless narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,017 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
1,543 Biography & Memoir 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
Philomena is an audiobook by Martin Sixsmith: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Curless, released January 1, 2013, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Curless
- Released
- January 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781471257421
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Philomena audiobook?
Philomena runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Philomena audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Philomena?
Philomena is narrated by John Curless.
Is Philomena worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.