The Life to Come: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life to Come runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shiromi Arserio (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Shiromi Arserio
Shiromi Arserio narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,446 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 Life to Come is an audiobook by Michelle De Kretser: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Shiromi Arserio, released March 13, 2018, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shiromi Arserio
- Released
- March 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781684412174
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Life to Come as an audiobook?
The Life to Come runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Life to Come free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Life to Come?
The Life to Come is narrated by Shiromi Arserio.
Is The Life to Come worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.