The Diamond: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Diamond runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,205 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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 Diamond is an audiobook by Julie Baumgold: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released January 1, 2006, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781483056173
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Diamond as an audiobook?
The Diamond runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Diamond free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Diamond?
The Diamond is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Diamond worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.