The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times runs 4.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nathalie Buscombe (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nathalie Buscombe
Nathalie Buscombe narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 797 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
696 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Infinite Country
- Half His Age
- Exit West
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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 Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times is an audiobook by Gwendoline Riley: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nathalie Buscombe, released April 2, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nathalie Buscombe
- Released
- April 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781035021086
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times as an audiobook?
The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times?
The Palm House: 'This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels’ The Times is narrated by Nathalie Buscombe.