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The Year of the Flood: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Year of the Flood runs an estimated 13.2 hours (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2est. listening hrs
4.1★33 ratings
Fantasygenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Year of the Flood at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 74% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 20% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want dystopian stakes: a solid week of commutes at 13.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life—has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, a God's Gardener barricaded inside a luxurious spa where many of the treatments are edible.Have others survived? Ren's bioartist friend Amanda? Zeb, her eco-fighter stepfather? Her onetime lover, Jimmy?

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Year of the Flood as an audiobook?

The Year of the Flood runs about 13.2 hours, our estimate from its 448 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Can I listen to The Year of the Flood free?

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Is The Year of the Flood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Year of the Flood first published?

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood was first published in 2009.