The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Aaron Oh (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Aaron Oh
James Aaron Oh narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 91 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,349 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 Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is an audiobook by Ocean Vuong: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by James Aaron Oh, released May 15, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Aaron Oh
- Released
- May 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Books with Buzz
- ISBN
- 9781529945881
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous as an audiobook?
The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous?
The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is narrated by James Aaron Oh.
Is The Emperor of Gladness: The unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller from the author of TikTok sensation On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.