The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Cura (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ben Cura
Ben Cura narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 123 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
980 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Sula
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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 Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author is an audiobook by Olivia Laing: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Cura, released November 6, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Cura
- Released
- November 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+ (Romance), Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781405983709
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author as an audiobook?
The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author?
The Silver Book: The glittering new queer love story and noirish thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author is narrated by Ben Cura.