Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Sophie Aldred (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sophie Aldred
Sophie Aldred narrates 122 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 868 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,202 Science 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
Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner is an audiobook by Adrian Tchaikovsky: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sophie Aldred, released February 27, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sophie Aldred
- Released
- February 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781035013838
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner audiobook?
Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner?
Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner is narrated by Sophie Aldred.
Is Shroud: A gripping first contact story from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winner worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.