Shuggie Bain: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shuggie Bain audiobook runs 17.5 hours (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 17.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 46% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (12 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want coming-of-age arcs: a long-haul epic at 17.5 hours.
About the book
This is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher’s policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city’s notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings. Shuggie’s mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie’s guiding light but a burden for him and his siblings. She dreams of a house with its own front door while she flicks through the pages of the Freemans catalogue, ordering a little happiness on credit, anything to brighten up her grey life. Married to a philandering taxi-driver husband, Agnes keeps her pride by looking good—her beehive, make-up, and pearly-white false teeth offer a glamourous image of a Glaswegian Elizabeth Taylor.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shuggie Bain audiobook?
Shuggie Bain runs 17.5 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is the Shuggie Bain audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is Shuggie Bain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Shuggie Bain first published?
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart was first published in 2020.
