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Zoo Station by David Downing

Zoo Station: Audiobook

Book 1 of the John Russell WWII Spy series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Zoo Station audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on John Russell WWII Spy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 42.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Zoo Station10 hrs
2Silesian Station11.3 hrs
3Stettin Station9.8 hrs
4Potsdam Station11.5 hrs

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

672 Legal & Political 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

Zoo Station is book 1 of David Downing's John Russell WWII Spy series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released April 20, 2021, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Prebble
Released
April 20, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Legal & Political
Series
John Russell WWII Spy #1
ISBN
9781705035726

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Zoo Station audiobook?

Zoo Station runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the Zoo Station audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Zoo Station?

Zoo Station is narrated by Simon Prebble.

Is Zoo Station worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.