Tightrope: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tightrope audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Reading (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,322 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2015 recording read by Gordon Griffin runs about the same length (14.3 hours).
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
Tightrope is an audiobook by Simon Mawer: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released November 3, 2015, on the Espionage and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- November 3, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781504635691
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Tightrope audiobook?
Tightrope runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is the Tightrope audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Tightrope?
Tightrope is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is Tightrope worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.