My Brilliant Friend: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the My Brilliant Friend audiobook runs 12.7 hours (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 6% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (12 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting and coming-of-age arcs: a solid week of commutes at 12.7 hours.
About the book
Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times bestselling “enduring masterpiece” (The Atlantic) about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the My Brilliant Friend audiobook?
My Brilliant Friend runs 12.7 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the My Brilliant Friend audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is My Brilliant Friend worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was My Brilliant Friend first published?
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante was first published in 2011.
