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The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak

The Architect's Apprentice: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Architect's Apprentice runs 17 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Piter Marek (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Architect's Apprentice at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Piter Marek

Piter Marek narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 121 hours in all.

All Piter Marek audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

662 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 Architect's Apprentice is an audiobook by Elif Shafak: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Piter Marek, released March 31, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17 hrs
Narrated by
Piter Marek
Released
March 31, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781490662039

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Architect's Apprentice as an audiobook?

The Architect's Apprentice runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is The Architect's Apprentice free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Architect's Apprentice?

The Architect's Apprentice is narrated by Piter Marek.

Is The Architect's Apprentice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.