The Conch Bearer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Conch Bearer runs 6.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alan Cumming (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.6 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 145 hours in all.
- Leviathan
- Not My Father's Son
- Goliath
- Behemoth
- Kenny & the Dragon
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,066 Mystery & Fantasy 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 Conch Bearer is an audiobook by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Cumming, released September 9, 2003, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alan Cumming
- Released
- September 9, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9780807219614
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Conch Bearer as an audiobook?
The Conch Bearer runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is The Conch Bearer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Conch Bearer?
The Conch Bearer is narrated by Alan Cumming.