When the Future Comes Too Soon: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Malayan series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When the Future Comes Too Soon audiobook runs 9.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Malayan saga
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 17.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 27.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds | 17.7 hrs |
| 2 | When the Future Comes Too Soon | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
Elizabeth Knowelden narrates 212 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,094 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,362 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
When the Future Comes Too Soon is book 2 of Selina Siak Chin Yoke's Malayan series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Knowelden, released July 18, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Knowelden
- Released
- July 18, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- The Malayan saga #2
- ISBN
- 9781536690361
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When the Future Comes Too Soon audiobook?
When the Future Comes Too Soon runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is the When the Future Comes Too Soon audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When the Future Comes Too Soon?
When the Future Comes Too Soon is narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden.