The Body: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Body runs 4.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
Nicholas Guy Smith narrates 100 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,207 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
697 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Infinite Country
- Half His Age
- Exit West
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Sid Sagar runs 3.1 hours longer (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 Body is an audiobook by Hanif Kureishi: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Guy Smith, released July 4, 2017, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicholas Guy Smith
- Released
- July 4, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780525530497
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Body as an audiobook?
The Body runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Body free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Body?
The Body is narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith.