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War by Roald Dahl

War: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the War audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Cillian Murphy and Sophie Okonedo and others (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

War is an audiobook by Roald Dahl: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Cillian Murphy, Sophie Okonedo and Dan Stevens and others, released August 10, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Cillian Murphy, Sophie Okonedo, Dan Stevens, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Stephen Mangan, Juliet Stevenson
Released
August 10, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama, Short Stories
ISBN
9781405935104

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the War audiobook?

War runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is the War audiobook free?

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

Who narrates War?

War is narrated by Cillian Murphy, Sophie Okonedo, Dan Stevens and Julian Rhind-Tutt and others.