The Wilderness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wilderness runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ashley Nicole Black and Aja Naomi King and others (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 109 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,350 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 Wilderness is an audiobook by Angela Flournoy: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ashley Nicole Black, Aja Naomi King and Angela Flournoy, released September 16, 2025, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ashley Nicole Black, Aja Naomi King, Angela Flournoy
- Released
- September 16, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780063318809
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wilderness as an audiobook?
The Wilderness runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Wilderness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wilderness?
The Wilderness is narrated by Ashley Nicole Black, Aja Naomi King and Angela Flournoy.
Is The Wilderness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.