Because It Is My Blood: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Birthright series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Because It Is My Blood audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Ilyana Kadushin (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 2,356 Mystery & Thriller audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Birthright
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All These Things I've Done | 10.2 hrs |
| 2 | Because It Is My Blood | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | In the Age of Love and Chocolate | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Ilyana Kadushin
Ilyana Kadushin narrates 57 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 553 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf
544 Mystery & Thriller 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
Because It Is My Blood is book 2 of Gabrielle Zevin's Birthright series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ilyana Kadushin, released September 18, 2012, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ilyana Kadushin
- Released
- September 18, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Thriller
- Series
- Birthright #2
- ISBN
- 9781427226310
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Because It Is My Blood audiobook?
Because It Is My Blood runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Because It Is My Blood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Because It Is My Blood?
Because It Is My Blood is narrated by Ilyana Kadushin.
Is Because It Is My Blood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.