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Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham

Specimen Days: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Specimen Days audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Alan Cumming (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.7 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 145 hours in all.

All Alan Cumming audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,018 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

Specimen Days is an audiobook by Michael Cunningham: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Cumming, released June 1, 2005, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Alan Cumming
Released
June 1, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781593977153

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Specimen Days audiobook?

Specimen Days runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is the Specimen Days audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Specimen Days?

Specimen Days is narrated by Alan Cumming.