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The Rocks by Peter Nichols

The Rocks: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rocks runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve West (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Rocks 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

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What our data says

  • At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,153 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 Rocks is an audiobook by Peter Nichols: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West, released May 26, 2015, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.8 hrs
Narrated by
Steve West
Released
May 26, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780698402317

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rocks as an audiobook?

The Rocks runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Is The Rocks free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Rocks?

The Rocks is narrated by Steve West.

Is The Rocks worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.