The Dig: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dig runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Perkins and Fiona Hardingham and others (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 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 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,667 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 Dig is an audiobook by John Preston: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, Fiona Hardingham and Kate Reading and others, released April 5, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins, Fiona Hardingham, Kate Reading, Simon Vance
- Released
- April 5, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781504689922
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dig as an audiobook?
The Dig runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is The Dig free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dig?
The Dig is narrated by Derek Perkins, Fiona Hardingham, Kate Reading and Simon Vance.