Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Gamer Squad series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind audiobook runs 4.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.1 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gamer Squad
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 12.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attack of the Not-So-Virtual Monsters | 4 hrs |
| 2 | Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind | 4.1 hrs |
| 3 | App of the Living Dead | 4 hrs |
More narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley
Amy Melissa Bentley narrates 261 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,305 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
948 Non-fiction (Kids) 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
Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind is book 2 of Kim Harrington's Gamer Squad series: a 4.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Melissa Bentley, released April 13, 2021, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Action & Adventure (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amy Melissa Bentley
- Released
- April 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Action & Adventure (Kids)
- Series
- Gamer Squad #2
- ISBN
- 9781666100747
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind audiobook?
Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind runs 4.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.
Is the Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind?
Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind is narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley.