Forbidden City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forbidden City audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Catherine Ho (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Catherine Ho
Catherine Ho narrates 180 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,724 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,238 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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- The Invention of Wings
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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
Forbidden City is an audiobook by Vanessa Hua: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Catherine Ho, released May 10, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Catherine Ho
- Released
- May 10, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9780593506875
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forbidden City audiobook?
Forbidden City runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Forbidden City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forbidden City?
Forbidden City is narrated by Catherine Ho.
Is Forbidden City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.