The Forty Rules of Love: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forty Rules of Love runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Blagden (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by George Blagden
George Blagden narrates 82 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 660 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,464 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 Forty Rules of Love is an audiobook by Elif Shafak: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by George Blagden, released February 3, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Blagden
- Released
- February 3, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
- ISBN
- 9798217410217
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forty Rules of Love as an audiobook?
The Forty Rules of Love runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Forty Rules of Love free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Forty Rules of Love?
The Forty Rules of Love is narrated by George Blagden.
Is The Forty Rules of Love worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.