Half of a Yellow Sun: Audiobook
The Half of a Yellow Sun audiobook runs an estimated 14.8 hours (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 14.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 76% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 26% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 14.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists —a haunting story of love and war. • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award. With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.
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How long is the Half of a Yellow Sun audiobook?
Half of a Yellow Sun runs about 14.8 hours, our estimate from its 500 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Can I listen to Half of a Yellow Sun free?
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Is Half of a Yellow Sun worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Half of a Yellow Sun first published?
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was first published in 2006.
