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The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung

The Fat Years: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fat Years runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Tse (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,135 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 Fat Years is an audiobook by Chan Koonchung: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by David Tse, released January 10, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
David Tse
Released
January 10, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
ISBN
9780449011485

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fat Years as an audiobook?

The Fat Years runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is The Fat Years free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Fat Years?

The Fat Years is narrated by David Tse.

Is The Fat Years worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.