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The Cruel Stars by John Birmingham

The Cruel Stars: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cruel Stars runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Morgan Hallett (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cruel Stars at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,269 Science 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 Cruel Stars is an audiobook by John Birmingham: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Morgan Hallett, released August 20, 2019, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Morgan Hallett
Released
August 20, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
ISBN
9781980047070

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cruel Stars as an audiobook?

The Cruel Stars runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The Cruel Stars free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cruel Stars?

The Cruel Stars is narrated by Morgan Hallett.

Is The Cruel Stars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.