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The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien

The World Gives Way: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World Gives Way runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christine Lakin (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish The World Gives Way at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,893 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 World Gives Way is an audiobook by Marissa Levien: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Christine Lakin, released June 15, 2021, on the Literary Fiction and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Christine Lakin
Released
June 15, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9781549136528

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The World Gives Way as an audiobook?

The World Gives Way runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is The World Gives Way free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The World Gives Way?

The World Gives Way is narrated by Christine Lakin.

Is The World Gives Way worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.