The Illegal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Illegal runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gideon Emery (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gideon Emery
Gideon Emery narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 594 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,237 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 Illegal is an audiobook by Lawrence Hill: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gideon Emery, released January 25, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gideon Emery
- Released
- January 25, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781501904561
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Illegal as an audiobook?
The Illegal runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Illegal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Illegal?
The Illegal is narrated by Gideon Emery.
Is The Illegal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.