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The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

The Golden Son: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Golden Son runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sunil Malhotra (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Golden Son at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Golden Son is an audiobook by Shilpi Somaya Gowda: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Sunil Malhotra, released January 26, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Sunil Malhotra
Released
January 26, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780062444691

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Golden Son as an audiobook?

The Golden Son runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The Golden Son free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Golden Son?

The Golden Son is narrated by Sunil Malhotra.

Is The Golden Son worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.