The Silver Book: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Silver Book runs 5.6 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 5.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 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 5.6 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
1,008 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Sula
- Heart the Lover
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Sea of Tranquility
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 is an audiobook by Olivia Laing: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Cura, released November 11, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ben Cura
- Released
- November 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781250428172
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Silver Book as an audiobook?
The Silver Book runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is The Silver Book free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Silver Book?
The Silver Book is narrated by Ben Cura.