The Summer Before the War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Summer Before the War runs 15.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fiona Hardingham (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Fiona Hardingham
Fiona Hardingham narrates 117 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,330 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
365 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Summer Before the War is an audiobook by Helen Simonson: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Fiona Hardingham, released March 22, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fiona Hardingham
- Released
- March 22, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781101888582
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Summer Before the War as an audiobook?
The Summer Before the War runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is The Summer Before the War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Summer Before the War?
The Summer Before the War is narrated by Fiona Hardingham.
Is The Summer Before the War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.