The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dawn Harvey (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dawn Harvey
Dawn Harvey narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 195 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
957 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Couple Next Door
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- Call Me by Your Name
- James
- The Haunting of Hill House
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance is an audiobook by Meg Wolitzer: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Dawn Harvey, released September 6, 2018, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dawn Harvey
- Released
- September 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781473567184
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance as an audiobook?
The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance?
The Wife: Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind Glenn Close’s Oscar nominated performance is narrated by Dawn Harvey.