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Unless by Carol Shields

Unless: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Unless audiobook runs 7.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Joan Allen (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.3listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Unless at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

1,478 Contemporary Women 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

Unless is an audiobook by Carol Shields: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joan Allen, released June 6, 2006, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.3 hrs
Narrated by
Joan Allen
Released
June 6, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9780060794231

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Unless audiobook?

Unless runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.

Is the Unless audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Unless?

Unless is narrated by Joan Allen.