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Paper Towns — Audiobook

10.9est. listening hrs
3.9★77 ratings
Romancegenre
Free with trial

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Paper Towns at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 72% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 21% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).

Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.

Who is this for?

Best for romance listeners who want proper detective work and coming-of-age arcs — a solid week of commutes at 10.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

From the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery #1 New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller Now a major motion picture When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows her. Margo’s always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she’s always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q . . . until day breaks and she has vanished. Always an enigma, Margo has now become a mystery. But there are clues. And they’re for Q. Printz Medalist John Green returns with the trademark brilliant wit and heart-stopping emotional honesty that have inspired a new generation of readers.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Paper Towns audiobook?

Paper Towns runs about 10.9 hours — our estimate from its 368 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Can I listen to Paper Towns free?

Yes — with the audiobooks.com free trial. Start the trial, get Paper Towns included, and cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Is Paper Towns worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours — saving 3.6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Paper Towns first published?

Paper Towns by John Green was first published in 2008.