The Wind-up Bird Chronicle — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 18.7 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 18.7 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 86% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 52% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners who want psychological twists — a long-haul epic at 18.7 hours (estimated).
About the book
Japan’s most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.harukimurakami.com/book/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle
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How long is The Wind-up Bird Chronicle as an audiobook?
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle runs about 18.7 hours — our estimate from its 632 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.5 hours.
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Is The Wind-up Bird Chronicle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.5 hours — saving 6.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Wind-up Bird Chronicle first published?
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by 村上春樹 was first published in 1997.