The Friendly Ones: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Friendly Ones runs 23 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chetan Pathak (about 15.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
184 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 Friendly Ones is an audiobook by Philip Hensher: a 23-hour unabridged recording, read by Chetan Pathak, released March 8, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chetan Pathak
- Released
- March 8, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780008175672
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Friendly Ones as an audiobook?
The Friendly Ones runs 23 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.3 hours.
Is The Friendly Ones free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Friendly Ones?
The Friendly Ones is narrated by Chetan Pathak.
Is The Friendly Ones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.3 hours, saving 7.7 hours.