The Invention of Wings: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Invention of Wings runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adepero Oduye and Sue Monk Kidd and others (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jenna Lamia
Jenna Lamia narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 232 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
672 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Invention of Wings is an audiobook by Sue Monk Kidd: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd and Jenna Lamia, released January 7, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd, Jenna Lamia
- Released
- January 7, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780698151833
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Invention of Wings as an audiobook?
The Invention of Wings runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Invention of Wings free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Invention of Wings?
The Invention of Wings is narrated by Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd and Jenna Lamia.
Is The Invention of Wings worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.