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Umbrella by Will Self

Umbrella: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Umbrella audiobook runs 16 hours unabridged, narrated by Mike Grady (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16 hours of listening.

Days to finish Umbrella at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

2,904 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

Umbrella is an audiobook by Will Self: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released October 10, 2012, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16 hrs
Narrated by
Mike Grady
Released
October 10, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781471218866

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Umbrella audiobook?

Umbrella runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the Umbrella audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Umbrella?

Umbrella is narrated by Mike Grady.

Is Umbrella worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.