The Trick to Time: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Trick to Time runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fiona Shaw (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 171 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,782 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 Trick to Time is an audiobook by Kit De Waal: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Fiona Shaw, released March 29, 2018, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fiona Shaw
- Released
- March 29, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241982907
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Trick to Time as an audiobook?
The Trick to Time runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Trick to Time free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Trick to Time?
The Trick to Time is narrated by Fiona Shaw.