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Berserkers: The Beginning by Fred Saberhagen

Berserkers: The Beginning: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Berserker series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Berserkers: The Beginning audiobook runs 15.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Barrett Whitener (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.6listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Berserkers: The Beginning at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

964 Science 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

Berserkers: The Beginning is book 1 of Fred Saberhagen's Berserker series: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrett Whitener, released July 21, 2011, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.6 hrs
Narrated by
Barrett Whitener
Released
July 21, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
The Berserker Series #1
ISBN
9781483064291

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Berserkers: The Beginning audiobook?

Berserkers: The Beginning runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.

Is the Berserkers: The Beginning audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Berserkers: The Beginning?

Berserkers: The Beginning is narrated by Barrett Whitener.

Is Berserkers: The Beginning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.