The Cockroach: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cockroach runs 2.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bill Nighy (about 1.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.2 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 757 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
108 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 Cockroach is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 2.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Nighy, released October 8, 2019, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bill Nighy
- Released
- October 8, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980077138
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cockroach as an audiobook?
The Cockroach runs 2.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.5 hours.
Is The Cockroach free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cockroach?
The Cockroach is narrated by Bill Nighy.