The Quick: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Quick runs 18.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Slater (about 12.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Slater
Simon Slater narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 570 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
448 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 Quick is an audiobook by Lauren Owen: a 18.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Slater, released June 17, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Slater
- Released
- June 17, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Paranormal
- ISBN
- 9780804165488
How to listen to The Quick free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Quick as an audiobook?
The Quick runs 18.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.5 hours.
Is The Quick free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Quick?
The Quick is narrated by Simon Slater.
Is The Quick worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.5 hours, saving 6.3 hours.