When We Were Birds: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When We Were Birds audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Wendell Manwarren and Sydney Darius (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,674 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
When We Were Birds is an audiobook by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Wendell Manwarren and Sydney Darius, released March 15, 2022, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Wendell Manwarren, Sydney Darius
- Released
- March 15, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction, Unmissable Debut Authors
- ISBN
- 9780593508275
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When We Were Birds audiobook?
When We Were Birds runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the When We Were Birds audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When We Were Birds?
When We Were Birds is narrated by Wendell Manwarren and Sydney Darius.