Grass for His Pillow: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Tales of the Otori series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Grass for His Pillow audiobook runs 9.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Aiko Nakasone and Kevin Gray (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tales of the Otori
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 47.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book One | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | Grass for His Pillow | 9.4 hrs |
| 3 | Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori Book Three | 10 hrs |
| 4 | The Harsh Cry of the Heron: The Last Tale of the Otori | 20.1 hrs |
More narrated by Aiko Nakasone
Aiko Nakasone narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 56 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,948 Literary 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
Grass for His Pillow is book 2 of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Aiko Nakasone and Kevin Gray, released January 26, 2017, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Aiko Nakasone, Kevin Gray
- Released
- January 26, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- Tales of the Otori #2
- ISBN
- 9781509859153
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Grass for His Pillow audiobook?
Grass for His Pillow runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Grass for His Pillow audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Grass for His Pillow?
Grass for His Pillow is narrated by Aiko Nakasone and Kevin Gray.