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James Lailey: Audiobooks Narrated

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, James Lailey narrates 52 unabridged English-language audiobooks in our catalog, 575.3 hours in all; the median one runs 10.6 hours.

52titles
575listening hrs
10.6median hrs

The narrator in numbers

Titles narrated
52
Total listening time
575.3 hrs
Median length
10.6 hrs
Release years
2012 to 2026
Longest
Winter: Penguin Modern Classics (24.9 hrs)
Shortest
Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think of You: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation (0.7 hrs)
Recordings with four or more narrators
4

Shelf mix

Where James Lailey's audiobooks sit on the store's shelves. A title can sit on more than one.

Store shelfTitlesShare
Espionage2854%
Historical (Fiction)917%
Suspense510%
Westerns & War48%
Police & Detective48%
Literary Fiction36%
Psychological36%
Essays & Anthologies24%

Narrates alongside

Narrators credited with James Lailey on the same recordings.

NarratorShared titles
Alex Tregear2
Claire Wyatt2
Jonathan Forbes2
Susie Riddell2
Adam Gifford1
Adjoa Andoh1
Carl Prekopp1
Bryan Dick1
Garrick Hagon1
Glen Mccready1
Sam Dale1
Peter Polycarpou1

Audiobooks narrated by James Lailey

Every title, with its store running time. Ordered by popularity on the store (rating counts, used only for ordering and never shown).

#TitleAuthorLength
1HopeLen Deighton10.9 hrs
2Spy LineLen Deighton10.5 hrs
3Out of the Hitler Time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Bombs on Aunt Dainty, A Small Person Far Away: BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the complete trilogyJudith Kerr3.7 hrs
4Spy HookLen Deighton10.1 hrs
5CharityLen Deighton10.7 hrs
6FaithLen Deighton12 hrs
7London MatchLen Deighton14.8 hrs
8Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945Len Deighton24.9 hrs
9Berlin GameLen Deighton10.5 hrs
10The Ipcress FileLen Deighton8.8 hrs
11Horse Under WaterLen Deighton8.7 hrs
12SS-GBLen Deighton12.4 hrs
13Spy SinkerLen Deighton12.5 hrs
14Mexico SetLen Deighton13.4 hrs
15The Nonesuch: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romanceGeorgette Heyer10.9 hrs
16Funeral in BerlinLen Deighton9.9 hrs
17Billion-Dollar BrainLen Deighton10.2 hrs
18Spy Hook: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton10.1 hrs
19London Match: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton14.8 hrs
20Brothers of the WindTad Williams12.3 hrs
21Lucky JimKingsley Amis9.6 hrs
22Mexico Set: A Bernard Samson NovelLen Deighton13.4 hrs
23StigmaThomas Enger11.3 hrs
24Heroes of the South AtlanticShaun Clarke6.1 hrs
25Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten HistoryJeff Nussbaum10.9 hrs
26Winter: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton24.9 hrs
27UnhingedThomas Enger10.6 hrs
28Smoke ScreenThomas Enger10 hrs
29VictimThomas Enger12.2 hrs
30Bosnian InfernoDavid Monnery8.8 hrs
31Embassy SiegeShaun Clarke4.8 hrs
32VixenRosie Garland13.1 hrs
33Fathers and SonsHoward Cunnell6.3 hrs
34Best Interests: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisationSasha Hails0.7 hrs
35Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think of You: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisationMolly Naylor0.7 hrs
36Black RiverJoss Stirling10.1 hrs
37White HorseJoss Stirling10.4 hrs
38Faith: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton12 hrs
39Hope: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton10.9 hrs
40Charity: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton10.7 hrs
41Spy Line: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton10.5 hrs
42Spy Sinker: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton12.5 hrs
43The IPCRESS File: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton8.8 hrs
44Mexico Set: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton13.4 hrs
45Horse Under Water: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton8.7 hrs
46Funeral in Berlin: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton9.9 hrs
47Billion-Dollar Brain: Penguin Modern ClassicsLen Deighton10.2 hrs
48London Match: A Bernard Samson NovelLen Deighton14.7 hrs
49The Slowworm's SongAndrew Miller9.4 hrs
50Winter: A Bernard Samson NovelLen Deighton24.9 hrs
51Memoirs of HadrianMarguerite Yourcenar12.1 hrs
52Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own HeroMax Adams10.8 hrs

Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

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