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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by Robert Forest, John Le Carré

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold runs 3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Gemmell and Simon Russell Beale and others (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3listening hrs
Espionagestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Spy Who Came in from the Cold at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 3 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Espionage shelf

25 Espionage 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 Spy Who Came in from the Cold is an audiobook by Robert Forest and John Le Carré: a 3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Gemmell, Simon Russell Beale and Brian Cox, released August 3, 2009, on the Espionage shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3 hrs
Narrated by
Ruth Gemmell, Simon Russell Beale, Brian Cox
Released
August 3, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage
ISBN
9781408402450

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold as an audiobook?

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold runs 3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.

Is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Spy Who Came in from the Cold?

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is narrated by Ruth Gemmell, Simon Russell Beale and Brian Cox.