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City of thieves: Audiobook

The City of thieves audiobook runs an estimated 8.8 hours (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8est. listening hrs
4.0★20 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish City of thieves 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 8.8 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 68% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 25% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 8.8 hours (estimated).

About the book

From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of t he HBO series Game of Thrones , a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime. During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the City of thieves audiobook?

City of thieves runs about 8.8 hours, our estimate from its 297 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is the City of thieves audiobook free?

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

When was City of thieves first published?

City of thieves by David Benioff was first published in 2008.