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Parasite by Mira Grant

Parasite: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Parasitology series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Parasite audiobook runs 16.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Christine Lakin (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Parasite at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Parasitology

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 48.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Parasite16.2 hrs
2Symbiont16.8 hrs
3Chimera15.5 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

891 Science 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

Parasite is book 1 of Mira Grant's Parasitology series: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Christine Lakin, released October 29, 2013, on the Horror and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.2 hrs
Narrated by
Christine Lakin
Released
October 29, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror, Science Fiction
Series
Parasitology #1
ISBN
9781619696754

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Parasite audiobook?

Parasite runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.

Is the Parasite audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Parasite?

Parasite is narrated by Christine Lakin.

Is Parasite worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.