The Great Indian Novel: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Indian Novel runs 18.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Akshay Ghildiyal (about 12.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Akshay Ghildiyal
Akshay Ghildiyal narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 96 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
454 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 Great Indian Novel is an audiobook by Shashi Tharoor: a 18.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Akshay Ghildiyal, released November 19, 2019, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Akshay Ghildiyal
- Released
- November 19, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780143499701
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Indian Novel as an audiobook?
The Great Indian Novel runs 18.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.5 hours.
Is The Great Indian Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Indian Novel?
The Great Indian Novel is narrated by Akshay Ghildiyal.
Is The Great Indian Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.5 hours, saving 6.2 hours.