The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alix Dunmore (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alix Dunmore
Alix Dunmore narrates 36 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 339 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,244 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees is an audiobook by Elif Shafak: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alix Dunmore, released June 6, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alix Dunmore
- Released
- June 6, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241985755
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees as an audiobook?
The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees?
The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees is narrated by Alix Dunmore.
Is The Bastard of Istanbul: The powerful novel about family secrets from the award-winning author of The Island of Missing Trees worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.