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The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War by James Conroyd Martin

The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Gillies (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

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30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,014 Historical (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 Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War is an audiobook by James Conroyd Martin: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by James Gillies, released February 14, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
James Gillies
Released
February 14, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781509484065

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War as an audiobook?

The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War?

The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War is narrated by James Gillies.

Is The Boy Who Wanted Wings: Love in the Time of War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.