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Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Birdsong: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Birdsong audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner and Harry Lloyd and others (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Birdsong at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

856 Literary Fiction 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

Birdsong is an audiobook by Sebastian Faulks: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner, Harry Lloyd and Sebastian Faulks, released June 15, 2023, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.8 hrs
Narrated by
Pippa Bennett-Warner, Harry Lloyd, Sebastian Faulks
Released
June 15, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781529913361

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Birdsong audiobook?

Birdsong runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.

Is the Birdsong audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Birdsong?

Birdsong is narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner, Harry Lloyd and Sebastian Faulks.

Is Birdsong worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.