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The Whole Bright Year by Debra Oswald

The Whole Bright Year: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Whole Bright Year runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Maria Angelico (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Whole Bright Year at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

10,391 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 Whole Bright Year is an audiobook by Debra Oswald: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Maria Angelico, released March 1, 2018, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Maria Angelico
Released
March 1, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9780143792345

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Whole Bright Year as an audiobook?

The Whole Bright Year runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Whole Bright Year free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Whole Bright Year?

The Whole Bright Year is narrated by Maria Angelico.