What We Can Know: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What We Can Know audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Rachel Bavidge and David Rintoul (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rachel Bavidge
Rachel Bavidge narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 305 hours in all.
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- You Were Gone: The gripping Sunday Times bestseller from the author of No One Home
- Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey - The instant Sunday Times bestseller
- Wedding Bells at Butterfly Cove
- Sunrise at Butterfly Cove
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,133 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
What We Can Know is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachel Bavidge and David Rintoul, released September 23, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rachel Bavidge, David Rintoul
- Released
- September 23, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- ISBN
- 9798895948194
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What We Can Know audiobook?
What We Can Know runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the What We Can Know audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What We Can Know?
What We Can Know is narrated by Rachel Bavidge and David Rintoul.
Is What We Can Know worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.