The Chemistry of Tears: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chemistry of Tears runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Lyons and Jefferson Mays (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 –
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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 Susan Lyons
Susan Lyons narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 633 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,763 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2012 recording read by Multiple Narrators and Susan Lyons runs about the same length (9 hours).
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 Chemistry of Tears is an audiobook by Peter Carey: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Lyons and Jefferson Mays, released September 28, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Lyons, Jefferson Mays
- Released
- September 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781464038402
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Chemistry of Tears as an audiobook?
The Chemistry of Tears runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Chemistry of Tears free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Chemistry of Tears?
The Chemistry of Tears is narrated by Susan Lyons and Jefferson Mays.