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The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois

The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction: Audiobook

Part of Year's Best Science Fiction

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction runs 39.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vivienne Leheny and Will Damron (about 26.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

39.2listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 39.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day79 days
1 hour / day40 days
2 hours / day20 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×27 days

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What our data says

  • At 39.2 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

41 Science 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 Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction is an audiobook by Gardner Dozois: a 39.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Vivienne Leheny and Will Damron, released February 26, 2019, on the Science Fiction and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
39.2 hrs
Narrated by
Vivienne Leheny, Will Damron
Released
February 26, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
Series
Year's Best Science Fiction
ISBN
9781250203366

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction as an audiobook?

The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction runs 39.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 26.1 hours.

Is The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction?

The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction is narrated by Vivienne Leheny and Will Damron.

Is The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 26.1 hours, saving 13.1 hours.