Somme: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Somme audiobook runs 16.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Alison Dowling (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alison Dowling
Alison Dowling narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 84 hours in all.
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- The Silent Treatment: The book everyone is falling in love with
- Forgive Me: One mother's hidden past. Her daughter's life changed forever . . .
- Passchendaele: The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917
- The Roses of No Man's Land
About as long, on the World shelf
539 World 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
Somme is an audiobook by Lyn Macdonald: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Alison Dowling, released December 17, 2020, on the Military (History) and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alison Dowling
- Released
- December 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), World
- ISBN
- 9780241990742
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Somme audiobook?
Somme runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is the Somme audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Somme?
Somme is narrated by Alison Dowling.
Is Somme worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.