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The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review by Lucas Schaefer

The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Renata Friedman and Shaun Taylor-Corbett (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

558 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 Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review is an audiobook by Lucas Schaefer: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Renata Friedman and Shaun Taylor-Corbett, released October 1, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.7 hrs
Narrated by
Renata Friedman, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Released
October 1, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Fiction
ISBN
9781405999168

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review as an audiobook?

The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.

Is The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review?

The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review is narrated by Renata Friedman and Shaun Taylor-Corbett.

Is The Slip: ‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.