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The Wave by Walter Mosley

The Wave: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wave runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Cain (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Wave at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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

What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Wave is an audiobook by Walter Mosley: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Cain, released December 27, 2005, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Cain
Released
December 27, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9781598871067

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wave as an audiobook?

The Wave runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is The Wave free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Wave?

The Wave is narrated by Tim Cain.