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Command Authority by Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy

Command Authority: Audiobook

Book 13 of the A Jack Ryan Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Command Authority audiobook runs 17.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.9listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Command Authority at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

72 Legal & Political 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

Command Authority is book 13 of Mark Greaney's A Jack Ryan Novel series: a 17.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Lou Diamond Phillips, released December 3, 2013, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.9 hrs
Narrated by
Lou Diamond Phillips
Released
December 3, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Legal & Political
Series
A Jack Ryan Novel #13
ISBN
9780804163958

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Command Authority audiobook?

Command Authority runs 17.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.

Is the Command Authority audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Command Authority?

Command Authority is narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips.

Is Command Authority worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 6 hours.