The Breaking Wave: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Breaking Wave runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Tull (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patrick Tull
Patrick Tull narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 622 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,743 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 Breaking Wave is an audiobook by Nevil Shute: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Tull, released September 30, 2011, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Tull
- Released
- September 30, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781461812319
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Breaking Wave as an audiobook?
The Breaking Wave runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Breaking Wave free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Breaking Wave?
The Breaking Wave is narrated by Patrick Tull.