The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Arundhati Roy (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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Arundhati Roy narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 51 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
296 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is an audiobook by Arundhati Roy: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Arundhati Roy, released June 6, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Arundhati Roy
- Released
- June 6, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780525494591
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness as an audiobook?
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ministry of Utmost Happiness?
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is narrated by Arundhati Roy.
Is The Ministry of Utmost Happiness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.