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Monkey by Wu Ch'êng-ên

Monkey: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Monkey audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Kenneth Williams (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Monkey 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

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What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,182 Historical (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

Monkey is an audiobook by Wu Ch'êng-ên: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Kenneth Williams, released September 16, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Asia shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Kenneth Williams
Released
September 16, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Asia
ISBN
9781843799221

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Monkey audiobook?

Monkey runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is the Monkey audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Monkey?

Monkey is narrated by Kenneth Williams.

Is Monkey worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.