The Darling Songbirds: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Songbirds of Darling Bay series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darling Songbirds runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Xe Sands (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Songbirds of Darling Bay
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 23.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Darling Songbirds | 7.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Songbird's Call | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Songbird Sisters | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,954 Modern 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 Darling Songbirds is book 1 of Rachael Herron's Songbirds of Darling Bay series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released May 31, 2017, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
- Released
- May 31, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- The Songbirds of Darling Bay #1
- ISBN
- 9781094200163
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darling Songbirds as an audiobook?
The Darling Songbirds runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is The Darling Songbirds free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darling Songbirds?
The Darling Songbirds is narrated by Xe Sands.