The Old Drift: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Old Drift runs 25 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Adjoa Andoh and others (about 16.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 50 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary 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 Literary Fiction shelf
156 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- Cutting for Stone
- America's First Daughter
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- My Dear Hamilton
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 Old Drift is an audiobook by Namwali Serpell: a 25-hour unabridged recording, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Adjoa Andoh and Richard E. Grant, released April 2, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant
- Released
- April 2, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780451485137
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Old Drift as an audiobook?
The Old Drift runs 25 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.6 hours.
Is The Old Drift free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Old Drift?
The Old Drift is narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Adjoa Andoh and Richard E. Grant.
Is The Old Drift worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.6 hours, saving 8.3 hours.