The First Person Singular: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Person Singular: Stories runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kotaro Watanabe (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kotaro Watanabe
Kotaro Watanabe narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
934 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 First Person Singular: Stories is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kotaro Watanabe, released April 6, 2021, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kotaro Watanabe
- Released
- April 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780593349229
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Person Singular: Stories as an audiobook?
The First Person Singular: Stories runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The First Person Singular: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Person Singular: Stories?
The First Person Singular: Stories is narrated by Kotaro Watanabe.