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The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes

The Brightest Star in the Sky: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Brightest Star in the Sky runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerri Halligan (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.4listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Brightest Star in the Sky at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

2,618 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2010 recording read by Caitriona Keyes runs 1.5 hours longer (17.8 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 Brightest Star in the Sky is an audiobook by Marian Keyes: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerri Halligan, released November 1, 2009, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.4 hrs
Narrated by
Gerri Halligan
Released
November 1, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781407451589

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Brightest Star in the Sky as an audiobook?

The Brightest Star in the Sky runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is The Brightest Star in the Sky free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Brightest Star in the Sky?

The Brightest Star in the Sky is narrated by Gerri Halligan.

Is The Brightest Star in the Sky worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.