Broken Stars: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Universe on Fire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Broken Stars audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by James R. Cheatham (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Universe on Fire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 33.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Stars | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | Shadow Stars | 8.7 hrs |
| 3 | Magic Stars | 8.3 hrs |
| 4 | Ancient Stars | 8 hrs |
More narrated by James R. Cheatham
James R. Cheatham narrates 58 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 489 hours in all.
- A Mission Without Borders: Why a Father and Son Risked it All for the People of Ukraine
- The Eclipse of God: Our Nation’s Disastrous Search for a More Inclusive Deity (and What We Must Do About It)
- The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism
- All That's Wrong with the Bible: Contradictions, Absurdities, and More
- Creating the Canon: Composition, Controversy, and the Authority of the New Testament
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,890 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
Broken Stars is book 1 of Ivan Kal's Universe on Fire series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by James R. Cheatham, released April 30, 2024, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- James R. Cheatham
- Released
- April 30, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Universe on Fire #1
- ISBN
- 9798855551020
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Broken Stars audiobook?
Broken Stars runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Broken Stars audiobook free?
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Who narrates Broken Stars?
Broken Stars is narrated by James R. Cheatham.