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Shades of Fortune by Stephen Birmingham

Shades of Fortune: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shades of Fortune audiobook runs 17.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Roger Ellis (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.2listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shades of Fortune at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

2,037 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

Shades of Fortune is an audiobook by Stephen Birmingham: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Roger Ellis, released November 20, 2009, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.2 hrs
Narrated by
Roger Ellis
Released
November 20, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781441807953

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shades of Fortune audiobook?

Shades of Fortune runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is the Shades of Fortune audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Shades of Fortune?

Shades of Fortune is narrated by Roger Ellis.

Is Shades of Fortune worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.