The Lack of Light: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lack of Light runs 26.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya (about 17.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 53 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 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 26.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya
Jennifer Jill Araya narrates 375 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,909 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
126 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- Cutting for Stone
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- Comanche Moon
- Midnight's Children
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 Lack of Light is an audiobook by Nino Haratischwili: a 26.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Jill Araya, released September 9, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jennifer Jill Araya
- Released
- September 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
- ISBN
- 9780063253650
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lack of Light as an audiobook?
The Lack of Light runs 26.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.6 hours.
Is The Lack of Light free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lack of Light?
The Lack of Light is narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya.
Is The Lack of Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.6 hours, saving 8.8 hours.