The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lyse Doucet (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 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 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
826 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent is an audiobook by Lyse Doucet: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Lyse Doucet, released September 18, 2025, on the World and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lyse Doucet
- Released
- September 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781529152562
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent as an audiobook?
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent?
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent is narrated by Lyse Doucet.
Is The Finest Hotel in Kabul: Winner of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026: A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.