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The Loop by Nicholas Evans

The Loop: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Loop runs 13.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Bedford Lloyd (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2000released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Loop at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,509 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2026 recording read by Lyssa Browne runs 2.1 hours longer (15.9 hours).

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 Loop is an audiobook by Nicholas Evans: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Bedford Lloyd, released July 5, 2000, on the Mystery and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.8 hrs
Narrated by
John Bedford Lloyd
Released
July 5, 2000
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780553750744

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Loop as an audiobook?

The Loop runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is The Loop free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Loop?

The Loop is narrated by John Bedford Lloyd.

Is The Loop worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.