The Song of Names: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Song of Names runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,026 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 Song of Names is an audiobook by Norman Lebrecht: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released April 3, 2012, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- April 3, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781615735594
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Song of Names as an audiobook?
The Song of Names runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Song of Names free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Song of Names?
The Song of Names is narrated by Simon Prebble.