The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City runs 40.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by China Miéville and Emma Spurgin Hussey and others (about 27.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 40.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 82 days |
| 1 hour / day | 41 days |
| 2 hours / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 28 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 40.7 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by China Miéville
China Miéville narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 117 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
28 Literary Fiction 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 Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City is an audiobook by China Miéville: a 40.7-hour unabridged recording, read by China Miéville, Emma Spurgin Hussey and Colin Mace, released September 17, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 40.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- China Miéville, Emma Spurgin Hussey, Colin Mace
- Released
- September 17, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- ISBN
- 9781509847433
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City as an audiobook?
The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City runs 40.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 27.2 hours.
Is The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City?
The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City is narrated by China Miéville, Emma Spurgin Hussey and Colin Mace.
Is The Rouse: The long-awaited masterpiece from the author of The City & The City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 27.2 hours, saving 13.6 hours.