Variant: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Variant series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Variant audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Goldstrom (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 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 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Variant
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 15.3 hours in all.
More narrated by Michael Goldstrom
Michael Goldstrom narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 476 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,083 Mystery & Fantasy 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
Variant is book 1 of Robison Wells's Variant series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Goldstrom, released October 4, 2011, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Goldstrom
- Released
- October 4, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Variant #1
- ISBN
- 9780062111449
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Variant audiobook?
Variant runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Variant audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Variant?
Variant is narrated by Michael Goldstrom.