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The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold by Gaëlle Nohant

The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julie Teal (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold at common listening paces
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30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold is an audiobook by Gaëlle Nohant: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Julie Teal, released July 16, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Julie Teal
Released
July 16, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Religious Fiction
ISBN
9781786583178

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold as an audiobook?

The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold?

The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold is narrated by Julie Teal.

Is The Bureau of Unknown Fates: A heartbreaking novel about WWII's forgotten objects and the lives they hold worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.