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The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Balvinder Sopal (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,622 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 Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret is an audiobook by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Balvinder Sopal, released July 6, 2023, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Balvinder Sopal
Released
July 6, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781529097863

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret as an audiobook?

The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret?

The Centre: a dark, unsettling literary thriller about a mysterious language school with a sinister secret is narrated by Balvinder Sopal.