The God of Small Things — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 10.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 71% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 18% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want a central love story and psychological twists — a solid week of commutes at 10.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
The New York Times bestselling and Booker Prize–winning novel about an Indian family in tragic decline that introduced the world to the voice of Arundhati Roy Likened to the works of Faulkner and Dickens when it was first published twenty years ago, this extraordinarily accomplished debut novel is a brilliantly plotted story of forbidden love and piercing political drama, centered on the tragic decline of an Indian family in the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India.
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How long is The God of Small Things as an audiobook?
The God of Small Things runs about 10.6 hours — our estimate from its 357 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Can I listen to The God of Small Things free?
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Is The God of Small Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours — saving 3.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The God of Small Things first published?
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy was first published in 1997.