Before Mars: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Planetfall series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before Mars audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Newman (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Newman
Emma Newman narrates 30 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 288 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,886 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason
- Armada
- The Troop
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
Before Mars is book 3 of Emma Newman's Planetfall series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Newman, released April 17, 2018, on the Psychological and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Newman
- Released
- April 17, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Science Fiction
- Series
- Planetfall #3
- ISBN
- 9781541478916
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before Mars audiobook?
Before Mars runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Before Mars audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before Mars?
Before Mars is narrated by Emma Newman.
Is Before Mars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.