The Empty Family: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empty Family: Stories runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds and Piter Marek and others (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
Tim Gerard Reynolds narrates 119 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,642 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,571 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 Empty Family: Stories is an audiobook by Colm Toibin: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Gerard Reynolds, Piter Marek and Alma Cuervo and others, released January 4, 2011, on the LGBTQ+ (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Gerard Reynolds, Piter Marek, Alma Cuervo, Colm Toibin, Terry Donnelly, John Keating
- Released
- January 4, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781442337282
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empty Family: Stories as an audiobook?
The Empty Family: Stories runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Empty Family: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empty Family: Stories?
The Empty Family: Stories is narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, Piter Marek, Alma Cuervo and Colm Toibin and others.