The Books Insiderthe data-driven audiobook guide
Cover of Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Blue Mars: Audiobook

The Blue Mars audiobook runs an estimated 22.9 hours (about 15.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

22.9est. listening hrs
3.3★19 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 22.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Blue Mars at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day46 days
1 hour / day23 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×16 days

What our data says

  • At 22.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 98% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 118% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a long-haul epic at 22.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

Acclaimed visionary author Kim Stanley Robinson is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winner. Blue Mars is the final volume in Robinson's seminal science fiction trilogy which began with Red Mars and continues with Green Mars. The once red and barren terrain of Mars is now green and rich with life--plant, animal, and human. But idyllic Mars is in a state of political upheaval, plagued by violent conflict between those who would keep the planet green and those who want to return it to a desert world. Meanwhile, across the void of space, old, tired Earth spins on its decaying axis. A natural disaster threatens to drown the already far too polluted and overcrowded planet. The people of Earth are getting desperate. Maybe desperate enough to wage interplanetary war for the chance to begin again.

How to listen to Blue Mars free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blue Mars audiobook?

Blue Mars runs about 22.9 hours, our estimate from its 773 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.3 hours.

Is the Blue Mars audiobook free?

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

Is Blue Mars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.3 hours, saving 7.6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Blue Mars first published?

Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson was first published in 1996.