The Years: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Years runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anna Bentinck (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 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 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anna Bentinck
Anna Bentinck narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,132 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
834 World 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 Years is an audiobook by Annie Ernaux: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Bentinck, released September 10, 2019, on the Europe and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Bentinck
- Released
- September 10, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe, World
- ISBN
- 9781666578911
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Years as an audiobook?
The Years runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Years free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Years?
The Years is narrated by Anna Bentinck.