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Zed by Joanna Kavenna

Zed: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Zed audiobook runs 14.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Elliot Hill (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.1listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Zed at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,372 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2019 recording read by Guy Mott runs 2 hours longer (16.1 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

Zed is an audiobook by Joanna Kavenna: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Elliot Hill, released January 14, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.1 hrs
Narrated by
Elliot Hill
Released
January 14, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9780593152690

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Zed audiobook?

Zed runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.

Is the Zed audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Zed?

Zed is narrated by Elliot Hill.

Is Zed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.