The Hydra: Audiobook
Book 19 of the Monkey King series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hydra runs 0.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sacha Ghalili (about 0.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 0.3 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 1,718 Classics (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Monkey King
This is book 19. Books 1 to 18 run 7 hours before it; books 1 to 32 run 11.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Birth of Monkey King | 0.5 hrs |
| 2 | Havoc in Heaven | 0.6 hrs |
| 3 | Monkey King Converts to Buddhism | 0.5 hrs |
| 4 | Black-Wind Mountain | 0.4 hrs |
| 5 | Pigsy Gets Married | 0.3 hrs |
| 6 | The River of Flowing Sand | 0.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Ginseng Fruit | 0.5 hrs |
| 8 | The Yellow-Robe Demon | 0.4 hrs |
| 9 | Lotus Cave | 0.4 hrs |
| 10 | The Lion Demon | 0.4 hrs |
| 11 | Red Boy | 0.4 hrs |
| 12 | Three Demons | 0.4 hrs |
More narrated by Sacha Ghalili
Sacha Ghalili narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 11 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Kids) shelf
42 Classics (Kids) 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 Hydra is book 19 of Cheng’en Wu's Monkey King series: a 0.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sacha Ghalili, released February 1, 2025, on the Classics (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sacha Ghalili
- Released
- February 1, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids)
- Series
- Monkey King #19
- ISBN
- 9798347985463
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hydra as an audiobook?
The Hydra runs 0.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.2 hours.
Is The Hydra free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hydra?
The Hydra is narrated by Sacha Ghalili.