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California by Edan Lepucki

California: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the California audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Galvin (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish California at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Emma Galvin

Emma Galvin narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 422 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

934 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

California is an audiobook by Edan Lepucki: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Galvin, released July 8, 2014, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Emma Galvin
Released
July 8, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9781478978268

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the California audiobook?

California runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the California audiobook free?

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

Who narrates California?

California is narrated by Emma Galvin.

Is California worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.