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The Midnight Library — Audiobook

9est. listening hrs
4.0★73 ratings
Fantasygenre
Free with trial

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Midnight Library at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 70% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 27% shorter than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners — a solid week of commutes at 9 hours (estimated).

About the book

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent ( London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits." —The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book. Don’t miss Matt Haig’s latest instant New York Times besteller, The Life Impossible , available now Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Midnight Library as an audiobook?

The Midnight Library runs about 9 hours — our estimate from its 304 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Can I listen to The Midnight Library free?

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When was The Midnight Library first published?

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig was first published in 2020.