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Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin

Native Tongue: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Native Tongue series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Native Tongue audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Amy Landon (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Native Tongue at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Native Tongue

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 40.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Native Tongue13.7 hrs
2The Judas Rose17.8 hrs
3Earthsong8.8 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

Native Tongue is book 1 of Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue series: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Landon, released July 16, 2019, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Amy Landon
Released
July 16, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Native Tongue #1
ISBN
9781684572991

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Native Tongue audiobook?

Native Tongue runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is the Native Tongue audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Native Tongue?

Native Tongue is narrated by Amy Landon.

Is Native Tongue worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.