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Germline by T. C. McCarthy

Germline: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Subterrene War series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Germline audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Donald Corren (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Germline at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Subterrene War Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Germline9.2 hrs
2Exogene11.2 hrs
3Chimera11 hrs

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

Germline is book 1 of T. C. McCarthy's Subterrene War series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Donald Corren, released July 26, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Donald Corren
Released
July 26, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Subterrene War Series #1
ISBN
9781481588706

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Germline audiobook?

Germline runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Germline audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Germline?

Germline is narrated by Donald Corren.