The City and the Stars: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City and the Stars runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mike Grady (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mike Grady
Mike Grady narrates 86 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 942 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,143 Science 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 City and the Stars is an audiobook by Arthur C. Clarke: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released January 3, 2013, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mike Grady
- Released
- January 3, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781471226595
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The City and the Stars as an audiobook?
The City and the Stars runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The City and the Stars free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The City and the Stars?
The City and the Stars is narrated by Mike Grady.