The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Meera Simhan (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Meera Simhan
Meera Simhan narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 133 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,275 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 Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel is an audiobook by Kiran Desai: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Meera Simhan, released April 30, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Meera Simhan
- Released
- April 30, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781405996617
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel as an audiobook?
The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel?
The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel is narrated by Meera Simhan.
Is The Inheritance of Loss: The Booker Prize-Winning Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.