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The Break by Marian Keyes

The Break: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Break runs 19 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Aoife McMahon (about 12.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Break at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day38 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 19 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

1,327 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 Break is an audiobook by Marian Keyes: a 19-hour unabridged recording, read by Aoife McMahon, released September 7, 2017, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
19 hrs
Narrated by
Aoife McMahon
Released
September 7, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781510072671

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Break as an audiobook?

The Break runs 19 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.7 hours.

Is The Break free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Break?

The Break is narrated by Aoife McMahon.

Is The Break worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.7 hours, saving 6.3 hours.