Solar: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Solar audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Roger Allam (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Roger Allam
Roger Allam narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 241 hours in all.
- Only Time Will Tell
- A Prisoner of Birth
- Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 1: A full-cast BBC Radio Comedy
- Paths of Glory
- Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 4: A full-cast BBC Radio Comedy
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,501 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
Solar is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Roger Allam, released April 2, 2010, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Roger Allam
- Released
- April 2, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781449808662
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Solar audiobook?
Solar runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Solar audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Solar?
Solar is narrated by Roger Allam.
Is Solar worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.