The Children's Book: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Children's Book runs 30.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rosalyn Landor (about 20.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 61 days |
| 1 hour / day | 31 days |
| 2 hours / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 21 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 30.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rosalyn Landor
Rosalyn Landor narrates 297 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,735 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
64 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Covenant of Water
- The Goldfinch
- The Fountainhead
- The City of Mirrors
- A Little Life
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 Children's Book is an audiobook by A. S. Byatt: a 30.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rosalyn Landor, released October 6, 2009, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rosalyn Landor
- Released
- October 6, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780307577535
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Children's Book as an audiobook?
The Children's Book runs 30.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20.2 hours.
Is The Children's Book free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Children's Book?
The Children's Book is narrated by Rosalyn Landor.
Is The Children's Book worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20.2 hours, saving 10.1 hours.