The Secret City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret City runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Librivox Volunteers (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,139 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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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 Secret City is an audiobook by Hugh Walpole: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Librivox Volunteers, released March 13, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Librivox Volunteers
- Released
- March 13, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
How to listen to The Secret City 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 Secret City as an audiobook?
The Secret City runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Secret City free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret City?
The Secret City is narrated by Librivox Volunteers.
Is The Secret City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.