The Shape of the Ruins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shape of the Ruins runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sheldon Romero (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sheldon Romero
Sheldon Romero narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 79 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
596 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 Shape of the Ruins is an audiobook by Juan Gabriel Vásquez: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sheldon Romero, released September 25, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sheldon Romero
- Released
- September 25, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780525640554
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shape of the Ruins as an audiobook?
The Shape of the Ruins runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is The Shape of the Ruins free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shape of the Ruins?
The Shape of the Ruins is narrated by Sheldon Romero.
Is The Shape of the Ruins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.