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The Dead Can't Make a Living by Ed Lin

The Dead Can't Make a Living: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Taipei Night Market series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dead Can't Make a Living runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ewan Chung (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dead Can't Make a Living at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

1,098 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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 Dead Can't Make a Living is book 5 of Ed Lin's Taipei Night Market series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ewan Chung, released July 6, 2026, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Ewan Chung
Released
July 6, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices
Series
Taipei Night Market #5
ISBN
9798899745744

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dead Can't Make a Living as an audiobook?

The Dead Can't Make a Living runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is The Dead Can't Make a Living free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Dead Can't Make a Living?

The Dead Can't Make a Living is narrated by Ewan Chung.