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The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in the Attic: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Buddha in the Attic runs 3.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samantha Quan and Carrington MacDuffie (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.9listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Buddha in the Attic at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 93% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Samantha Quan

Samantha Quan narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 56 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

74 Historical (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 Buddha in the Attic is an audiobook by Julie Otsuka: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Samantha Quan and Carrington MacDuffie, released August 23, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.9 hrs
Narrated by
Samantha Quan, Carrington MacDuffie
Released
August 23, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices, Drama
ISBN
9780307940742

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Buddha in the Attic as an audiobook?

The Buddha in the Attic runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.

Is The Buddha in the Attic free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Buddha in the Attic?

The Buddha in the Attic is narrated by Samantha Quan and Carrington MacDuffie.