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The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill

The Surface Breaks: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Surface Breaks runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Amy Shiels (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Surface Breaks at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Amy Shiels

Amy Shiels narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 136 hours in all.

All Amy Shiels audiobooks, measured

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 Surface Breaks is an audiobook by Louise O'Neill: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Shiels, released July 30, 2019, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Amy Shiels
Released
July 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA), Tough Topics
ISBN
9781338363388

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Surface Breaks as an audiobook?

The Surface Breaks runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Surface Breaks free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Surface Breaks?

The Surface Breaks is narrated by Amy Shiels.