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Shark by Will Self

Shark: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Umbrella series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shark audiobook runs 17.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shark 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 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jonathan Keeble

Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.

All Jonathan Keeble audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

585 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

Shark is book 2 of Will Self's Umbrella series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released December 4, 2014, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Keeble
Released
December 4, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
Series
Umbrella #2
ISBN
9781471278785

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shark audiobook?

Shark runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is the Shark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shark?

Shark is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.

Is Shark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.