The Breakup: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Breakup runs 20.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jade Wheeler and Natalie Naudus and others (about 13.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.1 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jade Wheeler
Jade Wheeler narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 633 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
336 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 Breakup is an audiobook by Kurt Andersen: a 20.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jade Wheeler, Natalie Naudus and Saskia Maarleveld and others, released August 18, 2026, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jade Wheeler, Natalie Naudus, Saskia Maarleveld, Rob Shapiro, Robert Fass, Suzanne Toren
- Released
- August 18, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- ISBN
- 9798217405145
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Breakup as an audiobook?
The Breakup runs 20.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.4 hours.
Is The Breakup free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Breakup?
The Breakup is narrated by Jade Wheeler, Natalie Naudus, Saskia Maarleveld and Rob Shapiro and others.
Is The Breakup worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.4 hours, saving 6.7 hours.