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Black Chamber by S.M. Stirling

Black Chamber: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Black Chamber series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Chamber audiobook runs 16.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Todd Mclaren (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Black Chamber at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.1 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Black Chamber

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 50.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Black Chamber16.1 hrs
2Theater of Spies19.3 hrs
3Shadows of Annihilation15.4 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

887 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

Black Chamber is book 1 of S.M. Stirling's Black Chamber series: a 16.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd Mclaren, released July 3, 2018, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.1 hrs
Narrated by
Todd Mclaren
Released
July 3, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Black Chamber #1
ISBN
9781501963773

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black Chamber audiobook?

Black Chamber runs 16.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the Black Chamber audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Black Chamber?

Black Chamber is narrated by Todd Mclaren.

Is Black Chamber worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.4 hours.