The Light that Failed: A Reckoning: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Light that Failed: A Reckoning runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Sackville (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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John Sackville narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,342 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,594 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Light that Failed: A Reckoning is an audiobook by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by John Sackville, released October 31, 2019, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Sackville
- Released
- October 31, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780241440858
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Light that Failed: A Reckoning as an audiobook?
The Light that Failed: A Reckoning runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Light that Failed: A Reckoning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Light that Failed: A Reckoning?
The Light that Failed: A Reckoning is narrated by John Sackville.