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Shame by Tanya Leslie, Annie Ernaux

Shame: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shame audiobook runs 2.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shame at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day5 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.3 hours, it is shorter than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

117 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

Shame is an audiobook by Tanya Leslie and Annie Ernaux: a 2.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released November 26, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.3 hrs
Narrated by
Tavia Gilbert
Released
November 26, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9781666556582

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shame audiobook?

Shame runs 2.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.

Is the Shame audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shame?

Shame is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.