The Pedant in the Kitchen: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pedant in the Kitchen runs 2.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.4 hours, it is shorter than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
- Dune: Book One in the Dune Chronicles
- Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- Fire & Blood (HBO Tie-in Edition): 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
- The House in the Woods
- The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
122 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2020 recording read by David Rintoul runs 0.3 hours longer (2.7 hours).
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 Pedant in the Kitchen is an audiobook by Julian Barnes: a 2.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released March 9, 2021, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- March 9, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980082842
How to listen to The Pedant in the Kitchen free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pedant in the Kitchen as an audiobook?
The Pedant in the Kitchen runs 2.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is The Pedant in the Kitchen free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pedant in the Kitchen?
The Pedant in the Kitchen is narrated by Simon Vance.