The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christina Moore (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christina Moore
Christina Moore narrates 416 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,053 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,344 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
The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories is an audiobook by Ursula K. Le Guin: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Christina Moore, released January 4, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christina Moore
- Released
- January 4, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980029526
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories as an audiobook?
The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories?
The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories is narrated by Christina Moore.
Is The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.