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The New Republic by Lionel Shriver

The New Republic: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The New Republic runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The New Republic at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,736 Literary 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 New Republic is an audiobook by Lionel Shriver: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released June 4, 2012, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
June 4, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780007467983

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The New Republic as an audiobook?

The New Republic runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The New Republic free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The New Republic?

The New Republic is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

Is The New Republic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.