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Cover of Babylon’s ashes by James S. A. Corey

Babylon’s ashes: Audiobook

Book 6 of the The Expanse series · see all 6 in reading order

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Babylon’s ashes audiobook runs 20 hours (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

20listening hrs
4.1★61 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 20 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 20 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 83% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.9 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a long-haul epic at 20 hours.

About the book

With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Babylon's Ashes has the galaxy in full revolution and it's up to the crew of the Rocinante to make a desperate mission to the gate network and thin hope of victory. Now a Prime Original series. A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy—a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships—has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Babylon’s ashes audiobook?

Babylon’s ashes runs 20 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.

Is the Babylon’s ashes audiobook free?

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

Is Babylon’s ashes worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Babylon’s ashes first published?

Babylon’s ashes by James S. A. Corey was first published in 2016.