The Tale of Genji: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tale of Genji runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elaine J Sepani (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 893 Asia audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Asia shelf
59 Asia audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, Third Force Recon Company, Vietnam
- Stars Between the Sun and Moon
- Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation into War
- 7 Seconds to Die: A Military Analysis of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Future of Warfighting
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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 Tale of Genji is an audiobook by Suematsu Kencho and Murasaki Shikibu: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Elaine J Sepani, released September 20, 2018, on the Asia shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elaine J Sepani
- Released
- September 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Asia
- ISBN
- 9781982723613
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tale of Genji as an audiobook?
The Tale of Genji runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is The Tale of Genji free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tale of Genji?
The Tale of Genji is narrated by Elaine J Sepani.