The Thing About December: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Thing About December runs 6.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Donal Ryan (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Donal Ryan
Donal Ryan narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 28 hours in all.
- The Spinning Heart: The award-winning bestseller, the ‘Irish Book of the Decade’
- Heart, Be at Peace
- Heart, Be at Peace: Winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction 2025 and the Irish Book of the Year
- Where Are the Kings: The stunning Irish Times Number 1 bestseller from the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction
About as long, on the Drama shelf
745 Drama 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 Thing About December is an audiobook by Donal Ryan: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Donal Ryan, released February 20, 2020, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Donal Ryan
- Released
- February 20, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781473582811
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Thing About December as an audiobook?
The Thing About December runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is The Thing About December free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Thing About December?
The Thing About December is narrated by Donal Ryan.