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Cover of Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

Perdido Street Station: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Perdido Street Station audiobook runs 24.1 hours (about 16.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

24.1listening hrs
4.0★24 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 24.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Perdido Street Station at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day49 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 24.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 121% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.9 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners who want dystopian stakes: a long-haul epic at 24.1 hours.

About the book

WINNER OF THE AUGUST DERLETH AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDS • A masterpiece brimming with scientific splendor, magical intrigue, and fierce characters, from the author who “has reshaped modern fantasy” ( The Washington Post ) “[China Miéville’s] fantasy novels, including a trilogy set in and around the magical city-state of New Crobuzon, have the refreshing effect of making Middle-earth seem plodding and flat.”— The New York Times The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night. For a thousand years, the Parliament and its brutal militias have ruled over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, crooks, and junkies. Now a stranger has arrived, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Perdido Street Station audiobook?

Perdido Street Station runs 24.1 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.1 hours.

Is the Perdido Street Station audiobook free?

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

Is Perdido Street Station worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.1 hours, saving 8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Perdido Street Station first published?

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville was first published in 2000.