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The Strange Bird: A Borne Story by Jeff VanderMeer

The Strange Bird: A Borne Story: Audiobook

Book 1.5 of the Borne series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Strange Bird: A Borne Story runs 3.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.1listening hrs
Apocalyptic & Dystopianstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Strange Bird: A Borne Story at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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 Strange Bird: A Borne Story is book 1.5 of Jeff VanderMeer's Borne series: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Woo Zeller, released August 15, 2017, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.1 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Woo Zeller
Released
August 15, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Series
The Borne Series #1.5
ISBN
9781538485675

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Strange Bird: A Borne Story as an audiobook?

The Strange Bird: A Borne Story runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.

Is The Strange Bird: A Borne Story free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Strange Bird: A Borne Story?

The Strange Bird: A Borne Story is narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.