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Known and Strange Things: Essays by Teju Cole

Known and Strange Things: Essays: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Known and Strange Things: Essays audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter J. Fernandez (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.8listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Known and Strange Things: Essays at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter J. Fernandez

Peter J. Fernandez narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,014 hours in all.

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All Peter J. Fernandez audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf

1,139 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Peter Fernandez runs about the same length (12.8 hours).

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

Known and Strange Things: Essays is an audiobook by Teju Cole: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter J. Fernandez, released October 12, 2021, on the Arts & Entertainment and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.8 hrs
Narrated by
Peter J. Fernandez
Released
October 12, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Essays & Anthologies, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9780593216170

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Known and Strange Things: Essays audiobook?

Known and Strange Things: Essays runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is the Known and Strange Things: Essays audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Known and Strange Things: Essays?

Known and Strange Things: Essays is narrated by Peter J. Fernandez.

Is Known and Strange Things: Essays worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.