The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Devon O'day (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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Devon O'day narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 796 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,731 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 Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free is an audiobook by Elizabeth Byler Younts: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Devon O'day, released October 22, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Devon O'day
- Released
- October 22, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780718099275
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free as an audiobook?
The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free?
The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free is narrated by Devon O'day.
Is The Bright Unknown: A coming-of-age historical novel about friendship, survival, and the will to be free worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.