As You Wake, Break the Shell: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the As You Wake, Break the Shell audiobook runs 14.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Megan Gage and Norma Butikofer (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Megan Gage
Megan Gage narrates 27 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 187 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,227 Science 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
As You Wake, Break the Shell is an audiobook by Becky Chambers: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Megan Gage and Norma Butikofer, released October 13, 2026, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Megan Gage, Norma Butikofer
- Released
- October 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- ISBN
- 9780063519336
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the As You Wake, Break the Shell audiobook?
As You Wake, Break the Shell runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the As You Wake, Break the Shell audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates As You Wake, Break the Shell?
As You Wake, Break the Shell is narrated by Megan Gage and Norma Butikofer.
Is As You Wake, Break the Shell worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.