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Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Swing Time audiobook runs 13.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Swing Time at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,509 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

Swing Time is an audiobook by Zadie Smith: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner, released November 15, 2016, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.8 hrs
Narrated by
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Released
November 15, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780735205628

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Swing Time audiobook?

Swing Time runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is the Swing Time audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Swing Time?

Swing Time is narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Is Swing Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.