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The Wildes by Louis Bayard

The Wildes: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wildes runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by P.J. Ochlan and Damian Lynch and others (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,031 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 Wildes is an audiobook by Louis Bayard: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by P.J. Ochlan, Damian Lynch and Elisabeth Rodgers and others, released September 17, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
P.J. Ochlan, Damian Lynch, Elisabeth Rodgers, Louis Bayard
Released
September 17, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781668643365

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wildes as an audiobook?

The Wildes runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The Wildes free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Wildes?

The Wildes is narrated by P.J. Ochlan, Damian Lynch, Elisabeth Rodgers and Louis Bayard.