A Grain of Wheat: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Grain of Wheat runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron Butler (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ron Butler
Ron Butler narrates 349 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,989 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,029 Literary Fiction 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
A Grain of Wheat is an audiobook by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released July 9, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ron Butler
- Released
- July 9, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781630155575
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Grain of Wheat as an audiobook?
A Grain of Wheat runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is A Grain of Wheat free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Grain of Wheat?
A Grain of Wheat is narrated by Ron Butler.
Is A Grain of Wheat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.