The Comfort Of Strangers: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Comfort Of Strangers runs 3.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 2.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.8 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,153 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
374 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2008 recording read by Simon Prebble runs 0.4 hours longer (4.2 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 Comfort Of Strangers is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 3.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released November 13, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Jennings
- Released
- November 13, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Psychological
- ISBN
- 9781473513945
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Comfort Of Strangers as an audiobook?
The Comfort Of Strangers runs 3.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.5 hours.
Is The Comfort Of Strangers free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Comfort Of Strangers?
The Comfort Of Strangers is narrated by Alex Jennings.