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Monkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en

Monkey King: Journey to the West: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Monkey King: Journey to the West audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Wu (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish Monkey King: Journey to the West at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Robert Wu

Robert Wu narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 40 hours in all.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

305 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2021 recording read by Kevin Shen runs 2 hours shorter (12 hours).

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

Monkey King: Journey to the West is an audiobook by Wu Cheng'en: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Wu, released February 9, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Wu
Released
February 9, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
ISBN
9780593393383

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Monkey King: Journey to the West audiobook?

Monkey King: Journey to the West runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is the Monkey King: Journey to the West audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Monkey King: Journey to the West?

Monkey King: Journey to the West is narrated by Robert Wu.

Is Monkey King: Journey to the West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.