Open City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Open City audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Teju Cole (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,082 Literary Fiction 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
Open City is an audiobook by Teju Cole: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Teju Cole, released April 28, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Teju Cole
- Released
- April 28, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593215821
How to listen to Open City free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Open City audiobook?
Open City runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Open City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Open City?
Open City is narrated by Teju Cole.
Is Open City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.