The Wake: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wake runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 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 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,713 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 Wake is an audiobook by Paul Kingsnorth: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released February 9, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- February 9, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781515971429
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wake as an audiobook?
The Wake runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Wake free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wake?
The Wake is narrated by Simon Vance.