The Wind Rises: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Alma series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wind Rises runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Waceke Wambaa (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Waceke Wambaa
Waceke Wambaa narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 69 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
182 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning
- North! Or Be Eaten
- Echo
- Greenglass House
- The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 3
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 Wind Rises is book 1 of Timothée De Fombelle's Alma series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Waceke Wambaa, released August 30, 2022, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Waceke Wambaa
- Released
- August 30, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Kids), Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Alma Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781666614985
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wind Rises as an audiobook?
The Wind Rises runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Wind Rises free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wind Rises?
The Wind Rises is narrated by Waceke Wambaa.
Is The Wind Rises worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.