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Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li

Wednesday’s Child: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wednesday’s Child audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Yiyun Li (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.6 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,020 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

Wednesday’s Child is an audiobook by Yiyun Li: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Yiyun Li, released September 5, 2023, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Yiyun Li
Released
September 5, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Literary Fiction, Short Stories
ISBN
9780008531898

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Wednesday’s Child audiobook?

Wednesday’s Child runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is the Wednesday’s Child audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Wednesday’s Child?

Wednesday’s Child is narrated by Yiyun Li.