The Birthday Girl: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Birthday Girl runs 17.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Martyn Read (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Martyn Read
Martyn Read narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 60 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
281 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Good Daughter
- Apples Never Fall
- Killing Floor
- Nine Perfect Strangers
- False Witness
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
The Birthday Girl is an audiobook by Stephen Leather: a 17.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Martyn Read, released January 1, 2007, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Martyn Read
- Released
- January 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- ISBN
- 9781445040059
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Birthday Girl as an audiobook?
The Birthday Girl runs 17.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is The Birthday Girl free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Birthday Girl?
The Birthday Girl is narrated by Martyn Read.
Is The Birthday Girl worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 6 hours.