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The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher

The Oversight: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Oversight series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Oversight runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Oversight at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Oversight

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Oversight15 hrs
2The Paradox11 hrs
3The Remnant12.5 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,059 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 Oversight is book 1 of Charlie Fletcher's Oversight series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released May 6, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Prebble
Released
May 6, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Paranormal, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Oversight #1
ISBN
9781478955269

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Oversight as an audiobook?

The Oversight runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is The Oversight free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Oversight?

The Oversight is narrated by Simon Prebble.

Is The Oversight worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.