The Wide World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wide World runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Philip Bird (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Philip Bird
Philip Bird narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 74 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
554 Literary 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 Wide World is an audiobook by Pierre Lemaitre: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Philip Bird, released December 5, 2023, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Philip Bird
- Released
- December 5, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781668626573
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wide World as an audiobook?
The Wide World runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is The Wide World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wide World?
The Wide World is narrated by Philip Bird.
Is The Wide World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.