Quite A Good Time To Be Born: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Quite A Good Time To Be Born audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David Timson (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 |
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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 David Timson
David Timson narrates 91 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,047 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
1,531 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
Quite A Good Time To Be Born is an audiobook by David Lodge: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Timson, released August 6, 2015, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Timson
- Released
- August 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781510003644
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Quite A Good Time To Be Born audiobook?
Quite A Good Time To Be Born runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Quite A Good Time To Be Born audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Quite A Good Time To Be Born?
Quite A Good Time To Be Born is narrated by David Timson.
Is Quite A Good Time To Be Born worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.