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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic by Haruki Murakami

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic audiobook runs 14.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic at common listening paces
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30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,288 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

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released June 26, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
June 26, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Science Fiction
ISBN
9781529968484

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic audiobook?

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is the Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic audiobook free?

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Who narrates Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic?

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: The original translation of Murakami’s mind-bending classic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.