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The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander

The Only Harmless Great Thing: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Only Harmless Great Thing runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Courtney Patterson (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it is shorter than 97% of the 13,430 Historical (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 Only Harmless Great Thing is an audiobook by Brooke Bolander: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Courtney Patterson, released October 29, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Courtney Patterson
Released
October 29, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781541431850

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Only Harmless Great Thing as an audiobook?

The Only Harmless Great Thing runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

Is The Only Harmless Great Thing free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Only Harmless Great Thing?

The Only Harmless Great Thing is narrated by Courtney Patterson.