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These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany

These Impossible Things: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the These Impossible Things audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Shazia Nicholls (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish These Impossible Things at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,533 Historical (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

These Impossible Things is an audiobook by Salma El-Wardany: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Shazia Nicholls, released June 7, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Shazia Nicholls
Released
June 7, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age
ISBN
9781668605240

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the These Impossible Things audiobook?

These Impossible Things runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the These Impossible Things audiobook free?

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

Who narrates These Impossible Things?

These Impossible Things is narrated by Shazia Nicholls.

Is These Impossible Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.