The Memory of Love: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Memory of Love runs 20.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (about 13.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 545 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
996 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 Memory of Love is an audiobook by Aminatta Forna: a 20.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, released October 14, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Released
- October 14, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781461846932
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Memory of Love as an audiobook?
The Memory of Love runs 20.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.6 hours.
Is The Memory of Love free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Memory of Love?
The Memory of Love is narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
Is The Memory of Love worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.6 hours, saving 6.8 hours.