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Paper Butterfly by Diane Wei Liang

Paper Butterfly: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Mei Wang Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Paper Butterfly audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Paper Butterfly at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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

What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Mei Wang Mysteries

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 12.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Eye of Jade6.8 hrs
2Paper Butterfly5.5 hrs

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

Paper Butterfly is book 2 of Diane Wei Liang's Mei Wang Mysteries series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Woo Zeller, released May 1, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Woo Zeller
Released
May 1, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Fiction
Series
The Mei Wang Mysteries #2
ISBN
9781602836518

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Paper Butterfly audiobook?

Paper Butterfly runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is the Paper Butterfly audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Paper Butterfly?

Paper Butterfly is narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.