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The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Map of Salt and Stars runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lara Sawalha (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Map of Salt and Stars at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Lara Sawalha

Lara Sawalha narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 143 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

958 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 Map of Salt and Stars is an audiobook by Zeyn Joukhadar: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lara Sawalha, released May 1, 2018, on the Coming of Age and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Lara Sawalha
Released
May 1, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781508253341

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Map of Salt and Stars as an audiobook?

The Map of Salt and Stars runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is The Map of Salt and Stars free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Map of Salt and Stars?

The Map of Salt and Stars is narrated by Lara Sawalha.

Is The Map of Salt and Stars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.