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The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Mercies: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mercies runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jessie Buckley (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Mercies at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Mercies is an audiobook by Kiran Millwood Hargrave: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jessie Buckley, released February 11, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Jessie Buckley
Released
February 11, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781549150425

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Mercies as an audiobook?

The Mercies runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Mercies free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Mercies?

The Mercies is narrated by Jessie Buckley.

Is The Mercies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.