The Shimmering State: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shimmering State runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ali Andre Ali and Shaun Taylor-Corbett and others (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ali Andre Ali
Ali Andre Ali narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 423 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,457 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 Shimmering State is an audiobook by Meredith Westgate: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Ali Andre Ali, Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Emily Tremaine and others, released August 10, 2021, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ali Andre Ali, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Emily Tremaine, Cassandra Campbell
- Released
- August 10, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- ISBN
- 9781797127774
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shimmering State as an audiobook?
The Shimmering State runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Shimmering State free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shimmering State?
The Shimmering State is narrated by Ali Andre Ali, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Emily Tremaine and Cassandra Campbell.
Is The Shimmering State worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.