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The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,289 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 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released June 12, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
June 12, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fantasy
ISBN
9780525637776

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World as an audiobook?

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World?

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.