Dreams of Joy: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Shanghai Girls series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dreams of Joy audiobook runs 15.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Janet Song (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shanghai Girls
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 29.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Girls | 13.5 hrs |
| 2 | Dreams of Joy | 15.7 hrs |
More narrated by Janet Song
Janet Song narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 136 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
523 Historical (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
Dreams of Joy is book 2 of Lisa See's Shanghai Girls series: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Janet Song, released May 31, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janet Song
- Released
- May 31, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices, Drama
- Series
- Shanghai Girls #2
- ISBN
- 9780739359365
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dreams of Joy audiobook?
Dreams of Joy runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is the Dreams of Joy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dreams of Joy?
Dreams of Joy is narrated by Janet Song.
Is Dreams of Joy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.