The Waves: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Island series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Waves runs 4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Mickenberg (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Island series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 2.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 13.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Island | 2.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Waves | 4 hrs |
| 3 | The Deep | 7.4 hrs |
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
90 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Waves is book 2 of Jen Minkman's Island series: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Mickenberg, released April 4, 2014, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Mickenberg
- Released
- April 4, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Island series #2
- ISBN
- 9781664965843
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Waves as an audiobook?
The Waves runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
Is The Waves free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Waves?
The Waves is narrated by Matthew Mickenberg.