The City We Became: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Great Cities series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City We Became runs 16.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robin Miles (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 4,251 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robin Miles
Robin Miles narrates 160 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,384 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
314 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The City We Became is book 1 of N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities series: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Miles, released March 24, 2020, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robin Miles
- Released
- March 24, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fantasy, Audie-Award Winners
- Series
- The Great Cities #1
- ISBN
- 9781549119736
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The City We Became as an audiobook?
The City We Became runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.
Is The City We Became free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The City We Became?
The City We Became is narrated by Robin Miles.
Is The City We Became worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.