The Jade Dragon: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Death in Shanghai series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Jade Dragon runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Wolven (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Death in Shanghai
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Jade Dragon | 8.3 hrs |
| 2 | Assassin's Hood | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | No Accidental Death: A Historical Mystery | 8.7 hrs |
More narrated by James Wolven
James Wolven narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 196 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,834 Historical (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 Jade Dragon is book 1 of Garrett Hutson's Death in Shanghai series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by James Wolven, released August 10, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Wolven
- Released
- August 10, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Death in Shanghai #1
- ISBN
- 9781953846105
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Jade Dragon as an audiobook?
The Jade Dragon runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Jade Dragon free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Jade Dragon?
The Jade Dragon is narrated by James Wolven.