The Windup Girl — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 11.6 hours (estimated), it sits right at the median length for fantasy.
- That's 6% 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 who want dystopian stakes — a solid week of commutes at 11.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
Earphones Award Winner ( AudioFile Magazine ) Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko...Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe. What happens when calories become currency?
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Windup Girl as an audiobook?
The Windup Girl runs about 11.6 hours — our estimate from its 391 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Can I listen to The Windup Girl free?
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Is The Windup Girl worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours — saving 3.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Windup Girl first published?
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi was first published in 2009.
