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Yellow Earth by John Sayles

Yellow Earth: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Yellow Earth audiobook runs 16.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gary Tiedemann (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.3listening hrs
Romancestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Yellow Earth at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Romance shelf

1,939 Romance 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

Yellow Earth is an audiobook by John Sayles: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gary Tiedemann, released January 7, 2020, on the Romance and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.3 hrs
Narrated by
Gary Tiedemann
Released
January 7, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance, Fiction
ISBN
9781684576906

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Yellow Earth audiobook?

Yellow Earth runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is the Yellow Earth audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Yellow Earth?

Yellow Earth is narrated by Gary Tiedemann.

Is Yellow Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.