What a Time to Be Alive: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What a Time to Be Alive audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Jenapher Zheng (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jenapher Zheng
Jenapher Zheng narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 74 hours in all.
About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf
925 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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
What a Time to Be Alive is an audiobook by Jade Chang: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jenapher Zheng, released September 30, 2025, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jenapher Zheng
- Released
- September 30, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9781443474177
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What a Time to Be Alive audiobook?
What a Time to Be Alive runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the What a Time to Be Alive audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What a Time to Be Alive?
What a Time to Be Alive is narrated by Jenapher Zheng.
Is What a Time to Be Alive worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.