The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle runs 26.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rupert Degas (about 17.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 53 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 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 26.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rupert Degas
Rupert Degas narrates 113 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,057 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
127 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- Cutting for Stone
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- Comanche Moon
- Midnight's Children
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-Up Bird Chronicle is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 26.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Degas, released September 3, 2013, on the Literary Fiction and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rupert Degas
- Released
- September 3, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fantasy
- ISBN
- 9780804166591
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle as an audiobook?
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle runs 26.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.5 hours.
Is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is narrated by Rupert Degas.
Is The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.5 hours, saving 8.7 hours.