Father of Nations: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Shelter in Spacetime series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Father of Nations audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin T. Collins (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shelter in Spacetime
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 104.9 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 156.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Potato a Day Keeps Monsters Away | 20 hrs |
| 2 | Berlin, Here I Come | 16.1 hrs |
| 3 | Fantastic Freaks and Where to Hire Them | 16.2 hrs |
| 4 | Between Two Worlds | 12.6 hrs |
| 5 | Sleep is for Chumps! | 13.2 hrs |
| 6 | War of the Smartasses | 13.3 hrs |
| 7 | The Rocky Road to Success | 13.5 hrs |
| 8 | Father of Nations | 12.6 hrs |
| 9 | Globalization | 12.2 hrs |
| 10 | The Gathering Storm | 13.1 hrs |
| 11 | On the Warpath | 13.9 hrs |
More narrated by Kevin T. Collins
Kevin T. Collins narrates 331 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,615 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,752 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
Father of Nations is book 8 of Dmitry Dornichev's Shelter in Spacetime series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin T. Collins, released September 2, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin T. Collins
- Released
- September 2, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Shelter in Spacetime #8
- ISBN
- 9798855549263
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Father of Nations audiobook?
Father of Nations runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Father of Nations audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Father of Nations?
Father of Nations is narrated by Kevin T. Collins.
Is Father of Nations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.