The Book of Form and Emptiness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of Form and Emptiness runs 19.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Ozeki (about 13.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 19.8 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 73 hours in all.
- A Tale for the Time Being
- My Year of Meats
- All Over Creation
- The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
366 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
The Book of Form and Emptiness is an audiobook by Ruth Ozeki: a 19.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Ozeki, released April 22, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ruth Ozeki
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9798217168538
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Book of Form and Emptiness as an audiobook?
The Book of Form and Emptiness runs 19.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.2 hours.
Is The Book of Form and Emptiness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Book of Form and Emptiness?
The Book of Form and Emptiness is narrated by Ruth Ozeki.
Is The Book of Form and Emptiness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.2 hours, saving 6.6 hours.