The Abstainer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Abstainer runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Moy (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patrick Moy
Patrick Moy narrates 26 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 225 hours in all.
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- Mercury and Me
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- Skippy Dies: From the author of The Bee Sting
- The Anatomy of a Killing
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
12,623 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2020 recording read by John Keating runs 1.3 hours longer (10 hours).
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 Abstainer is an audiobook by Ian McGuire: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Moy, released September 17, 2020, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Moy
- Released
- September 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781471191503
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Abstainer as an audiobook?
The Abstainer runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Abstainer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Abstainer?
The Abstainer is narrated by Patrick Moy.