This Boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Boy audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Alan Johnson (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 35 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
787 History & Culture 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
This Boy is an audiobook by Alan Johnson: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Johnson, released May 9, 2013, on the History & Culture and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alan Johnson
- Released
- May 9, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Military (Biography & Memoir), Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781448170494
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the This Boy audiobook?
This Boy runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the This Boy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates This Boy?
This Boy is narrated by Alan Johnson.