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Shannon by Frank Delaney

Shannon: Audiobook

Book 3 of the A Novel of Ireland series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shannon audiobook runs 14.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Frank Delaney (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shannon at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,293 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

Shannon is book 3 of Frank Delaney's A Novel of Ireland series: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Frank Delaney, released February 10, 2009, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Frank Delaney
Released
February 10, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Literary Fiction
Series
A Novel of Ireland #3
ISBN
9780739333730

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shannon audiobook?

Shannon runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is the Shannon audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shannon?

Shannon is narrated by Frank Delaney.

Is Shannon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.