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D: Heavy Water by Neal Stephenson

D: Heavy Water: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Bomb Light series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the D: Heavy Water audiobook runs 16.7 hours unabridged, narrated by George Weightman (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish D: Heavy Water at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bomb Light

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 28.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light11.7 hrs
2D: Heavy Water16.7 hrs

More narrated by George Weightman

George Weightman narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 568 hours in all.

All George Weightman audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

937 Historical (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

D: Heavy Water is book 2 of Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light series: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by George Weightman, released October 13, 2026, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.7 hrs
Narrated by
George Weightman
Released
October 13, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
Series
Bomb Light #2
ISBN
9781038107015

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the D: Heavy Water audiobook?

D: Heavy Water runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is the D: Heavy Water audiobook free?

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

Who narrates D: Heavy Water?

D: Heavy Water is narrated by George Weightman.

Is D: Heavy Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.