The Last Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Last Life runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.
- The Alice Network
- First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club Pick
- The Rose Code
- The God of the Woods
- The Indigo Girl
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
4,719 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Great Alone
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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 Last Life is an audiobook by Claire Messud: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released March 1, 2018, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Released
- March 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781501986284
How to listen to The Last Life free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Last Life as an audiobook?
The Last Life runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Last Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Last Life?
The Last Life is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.
Is The Last Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.