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The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

The Mere Wife: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mere Wife runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Bennett (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Mere Wife at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,763 Literary 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 Mere Wife is an audiobook by Maria Dahvana Headley: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Bennett, released July 17, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Susan Bennett
Released
July 17, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN
9781427297822

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Mere Wife as an audiobook?

The Mere Wife runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Mere Wife free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Mere Wife?

The Mere Wife is narrated by Susan Bennett.