On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival audiobook runs 7.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ocean Vuong (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 18 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,023 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
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival is an audiobook by Ocean Vuong: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ocean Vuong, released June 20, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ocean Vuong
- Released
- June 20, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9781473570245
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How long is the On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival audiobook?
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival audiobook free?
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Who narrates On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival?
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The million-copy bestselling TikTok sensation about family, identity and survival is narrated by Ocean Vuong.