The Half Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Half Life runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rachel Beanland and Andi Arndt (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Andi Arndt
Andi Arndt narrates 392 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,645 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
696 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 Half Life is an audiobook by Rachel Beanland: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachel Beanland and Andi Arndt, released July 14, 2026, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rachel Beanland, Andi Arndt
- Released
- July 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781668115374
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Half Life as an audiobook?
The Half Life runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Half Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Half Life?
The Half Life is narrated by Rachel Beanland and Andi Arndt.
Is The Half Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.