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The Secret Mandarin by Sara Sheridan

The Secret Mandarin: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Mandarin runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ana Clements (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Secret Mandarin at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,657 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 Secret Mandarin is an audiobook by Sara Sheridan: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ana Clements, released November 23, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
Ana Clements
Released
November 23, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9780008280239

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Secret Mandarin as an audiobook?

The Secret Mandarin runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.

Is The Secret Mandarin free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Secret Mandarin?

The Secret Mandarin is narrated by Ana Clements.

Is The Secret Mandarin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.