The secret life of bees: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The secret life of bees runs an estimated 9 hours (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 65% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 23% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 9 hours (estimated).
About the book
An intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discovery of...the strange and wonderful places we find love" —The Washington PostSue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household.
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How long is The secret life of bees as an audiobook?
The secret life of bees runs about 9 hours, our estimate from its 303 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
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When was The secret life of bees first published?
The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Sue Kidd was first published in 2000.
