The Absolute Book: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Absolute Book runs 18.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anne-Marie Duff (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 161 hours in all.
- BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
- Book at Bedtime: A BBC Radio Collection: 10 Unmissable Classics
- A Streetcar Named Desire: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation
- The Hotel: A Series of ghost stories with a feminist twist: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection
- The Evelyn Waugh BBC Radio Drama Collection: Decline and Fall, Brideshead Revisited and other full-cast dramatisations
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
503 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
The Absolute Book is an audiobook by Elizabeth Knox: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Anne-Marie Duff, released February 9, 2021, on the Literary Fiction and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anne-Marie Duff
- Released
- February 9, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- ISBN
- 9780593394946
How to listen to The Absolute Book free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Absolute Book as an audiobook?
The Absolute Book runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is The Absolute Book free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Absolute Book?
The Absolute Book is narrated by Anne-Marie Duff.
Is The Absolute Book worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.