The Elements: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Elements runs 17.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dane Whyte O’Hara and Colin Morgan and others (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Colin Morgan
Colin Morgan narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 55 hours in all.
- The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)
- Air: The contemplative and redemptive new novel from the bestselling author of The Heart's Invisible Furies
- Unseen Academicals: A Discworld Novel
- The Ballad of Ronan McCoy
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
236 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Elements is an audiobook by John Boyne: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Dane Whyte O’Hara, Colin Morgan and Anna Friel and others, released September 9, 2025, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dane Whyte O’Hara, Colin Morgan, Anna Friel, Niamh Cusack
- Released
- September 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781250417657
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Elements as an audiobook?
The Elements runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is The Elements free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Elements?
The Elements is narrated by Dane Whyte O’Hara, Colin Morgan, Anna Friel and Niamh Cusack.
Is The Elements worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.