The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Davis (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Davis
Jonathan Davis narrates 123 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,523 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
347 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is an audiobook by Junot Díaz: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Davis, released September 6, 2007, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Davis
- Released
- September 6, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781429587150
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao as an audiobook?
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is narrated by Jonathan Davis.
Is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.