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The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver

The Post-Birthday World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Post-Birthday World runs 21.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tanya Eby (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.1listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Post-Birthday World at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day43 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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What our data says

  • At 21.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

85 Contemporary Women 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 Post-Birthday World is an audiobook by Lionel Shriver: a 21.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Tanya Eby, released June 29, 2009, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
21.1 hrs
Narrated by
Tanya Eby
Released
June 29, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781423360964

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Post-Birthday World as an audiobook?

The Post-Birthday World runs 21.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.

Is The Post-Birthday World free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Post-Birthday World?

The Post-Birthday World is narrated by Tanya Eby.

Is The Post-Birthday World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.