The Accidental: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accidental runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stina Nielsen and Heather O'Neill and others (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stina Nielsen
Stina Nielsen narrates 263 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,672 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,042 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2021 recording read by Sheila Atim and Amaka Okafor runs 1.1 hours shorter (8.8 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 Accidental is an audiobook by Ali Smith: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Stina Nielsen, Heather O'Neill and Simon Prebble, released December 27, 2005, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stina Nielsen, Heather O'Neill, Simon Prebble
- Released
- December 27, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781598871449
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Accidental as an audiobook?
The Accidental runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Accidental free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Accidental?
The Accidental is narrated by Stina Nielsen, Heather O'Neill and Simon Prebble.