The Jewel of the Blues: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Jewel of the Blues runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin narrates 441 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,052 hours in all.
- The Help
- The Hate U Give
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
- The Book of Lost Friends
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,117 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 Jewel of the Blues is an audiobook by Monica Chenault-Kilgore: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Bahni Turpin, released November 19, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bahni Turpin
- Released
- November 19, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781488230646
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Jewel of the Blues as an audiobook?
The Jewel of the Blues runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Jewel of the Blues free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Jewel of the Blues?
The Jewel of the Blues is narrated by Bahni Turpin.
Is The Jewel of the Blues worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.