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While the World Is Still Asleep by Petra Durst-Benning

While the World Is Still Asleep: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Century series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the While the World Is Still Asleep audiobook runs 14.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Teri Clark Linden (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish While the World Is Still Asleep at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,870 Historical (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

While the World Is Still Asleep is book 1 of Petra Durst-Benning's Century series: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Teri Clark Linden, released February 23, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
Teri Clark Linden
Released
February 23, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
The Century Trilogy #1
ISBN
9781511359399

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the While the World Is Still Asleep audiobook?

While the World Is Still Asleep runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is the While the World Is Still Asleep audiobook free?

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

Who narrates While the World Is Still Asleep?

While the World Is Still Asleep is narrated by Teri Clark Linden.

Is While the World Is Still Asleep worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.