The Breadwinner: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Breadwinner series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Breadwinner runs 3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rita Wolf (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Breadwinner
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 18.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Breadwinner | 3 hrs |
| 2 | Parvana's Journey | 3.8 hrs |
| 3 | Mud City | 3.1 hrs |
| 4 | My Name is Parvana | 4.5 hrs |
| 5 | One More Mountain | 4.3 hrs |
More narrated by Rita Wolf
Rita Wolf narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 94 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
764 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Breadwinner is book 1 of Deborah Ellis's Breadwinner series: a 3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rita Wolf, released July 23, 2002, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rita Wolf
- Released
- July 23, 2002
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Breadwinner #1
- ISBN
- 9780807209752
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Breadwinner as an audiobook?
The Breadwinner runs 3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.
Is The Breadwinner free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Breadwinner?
The Breadwinner is narrated by Rita Wolf.