Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance audiobook runs 26.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Xe Sands and Bronson Pinchot and others (about 17.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 53 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 26.3 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
166 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance is an audiobook by Jeff VanderMeer: a 26.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, Bronson Pinchot and Carolyn McCormick, released November 18, 2014, on the Science Fiction and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands, Bronson Pinchot, Carolyn McCormick
- Released
- November 18, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Suspense, Fantasy
- ISBN
- 9781483083896
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance audiobook?
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance runs 26.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.5 hours.
Is the Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance?
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance is narrated by Xe Sands, Bronson Pinchot and Carolyn McCormick.
Is Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.5 hours, saving 8.8 hours.