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Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo

Call Me Ishmaelle: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Call Me Ishmaelle audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Isabel Adomakoh Young (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Call Me Ishmaelle at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,584 Historical (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

Call Me Ishmaelle is an audiobook by Xiaolu Guo: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Isabel Adomakoh Young, released January 6, 2026, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Isabel Adomakoh Young
Released
January 6, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Coming of Age
ISBN
9781668155677

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Call Me Ishmaelle audiobook?

Call Me Ishmaelle runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Call Me Ishmaelle audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Call Me Ishmaelle?

Call Me Ishmaelle is narrated by Isabel Adomakoh Young.

Is Call Me Ishmaelle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.