The Book of Strange New Things: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of Strange New Things runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Josh D. Cohen (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
388 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2014 recording read by Josh Cohen runs about the same length (19.6 hours).
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 Book of Strange New Things is an audiobook by Michel Faber: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Josh D. Cohen, released October 28, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Josh D. Cohen
- Released
- October 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780553546224
How to listen to The Book of Strange New Things free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Book of Strange New Things as an audiobook?
The Book of Strange New Things runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is The Book of Strange New Things free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Book of Strange New Things?
The Book of Strange New Things is narrated by Josh D. Cohen.
Is The Book of Strange New Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.