Norwegian Wood: Audiobook
The Norwegian Wood audiobook runs an estimated 11.5 hours (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 83% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 39% longer than the average romance audiobook (8.3 hrs across 3596 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want a central love story: a solid week of commutes at 11.5 hours (estimated).
About the book
As his plane lands at a European airport, thirty-seven-year-old Toru Watanabe casually hears an old Beatles song. Suddenly, the music transports him back to his youth, to the turbulent Tokyo of the late sixties. He then remembers, with melancholy and unease, the unstable and mysterious Naoko, the girlfriend of his best—and only—friend from adolescence, Kizuki, and how Kizuki's suicide distanced them for a year until they reunited at university. There, they began an intimate relationship, which was soon cut short by Naoko’s fragile mental health, leading to her admission to a rest center. Shortly afterward, Watanabe fell in love with Midori, a lively and determined young woman. Indecisive and plagued by fears, Watanabe experienced only bewilderment and disillusionment in the very areas where everything was supposed to make sense: sex, love, and death.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Norwegian Wood audiobook?
Norwegian Wood runs about 11.5 hours, our estimate from its 389 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Norwegian Wood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is Norwegian Wood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Norwegian Wood first published?
Norwegian Wood by 村上春樹 was first published in 1987.
