The Commitments: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Commitments runs 3.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laurence Kinlan (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.7 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 3.7 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
359 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Elevation
- The Time Machine
- Our Souls at Night
- Red at the Bone
- Diary of an Oxygen Thief
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 Commitments is an audiobook by Roddy Doyle: a 3.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Laurence Kinlan, released August 8, 2013, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laurence Kinlan
- Released
- August 8, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781473500488
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Commitments as an audiobook?
The Commitments runs 3.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.4 hours.
Is The Commitments free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Commitments?
The Commitments is narrated by Laurence Kinlan.