The Alternatives: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Alternatives runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Liam Heslin and Dominique Mcelligott and others (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Keating
John Keating narrates 176 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,982 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,033 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 Alternatives is an audiobook by Caoilinn Hughes: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Liam Heslin, Dominique Mcelligott and Aisling Franciosi and others, released April 16, 2024, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Liam Heslin, Dominique Mcelligott, Aisling Franciosi, Caoilinn Hughes, Sarah Bolger, John Keating
- Released
- April 16, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593828939
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Alternatives as an audiobook?
The Alternatives runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Alternatives free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Alternatives?
The Alternatives is narrated by Liam Heslin, Dominique Mcelligott, Aisling Franciosi and Caoilinn Hughes and others.
Is The Alternatives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.