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The Fall of Light by Niall Williams

The Fall of Light: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fall of Light runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerry O'brien (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fall of Light at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,610 Historical (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 Fall of Light is an audiobook by Niall Williams: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerry O'brien, released October 16, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.8 hrs
Narrated by
Gerry O'brien
Released
October 16, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781447260462

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fall of Light as an audiobook?

The Fall of Light runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Fall of Light free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Fall of Light?

The Fall of Light is narrated by Gerry O'brien.

Is The Fall of Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.