World and Town: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the World and Town audiobook runs 15.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Janet Song (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.9 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Janet Song
Janet Song narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 312 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
839 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
World and Town is an audiobook by Gish Jen: a 15.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Janet Song, released October 13, 2010, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janet Song
- Released
- October 13, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483072340
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the World and Town audiobook?
World and Town runs 15.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is the World and Town audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates World and Town?
World and Town is narrated by Janet Song.
Is World and Town worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.