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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet runs an estimated 14.2 hours (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2est. listening hrs
4.1★19 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 74% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 21% longer 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 who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 14.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud AtlasLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize In 2007, Time magazine named him one of the most influential novelists in the world. He has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. The New York Times Book Review called him simply “a genius.” Now David Mitchell lends fresh credence to The Guardian’s claim that “each of his books seems entirely different from that which preceded it.” The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoetis a stunning departure for this brilliant, restless, and wildly ambitious author, a giant leap forward by even his own high standards. A bold and epic novel of a rarely visited point in history, it is a work as exquisitely rendered as it is irresistibly readable.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet as an audiobook?

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet runs about 14.2 hours, our estimate from its 480 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet free as an audiobook?

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

Is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet first published?

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell was first published in 2010.