The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mara Hvistendahl and James Lurie (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 5,613 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.
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James Lurie narrates 42 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 464 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Business & Career Development shelf
819 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage is an audiobook by Mara Hvistendahl: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Mara Hvistendahl and James Lurie, released February 4, 2020, on the Business & Career Development and True Crime shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mara Hvistendahl, James Lurie
- Released
- February 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business & Career Development, True Crime
- ISBN
- 9780593166802
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage as an audiobook?
The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage?
The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage is narrated by Mara Hvistendahl and James Lurie.