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Guardians: A Wasteland Novel by Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan

Guardians: A Wasteland Novel: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Wasteland series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Guardians: A Wasteland Novel audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Laura Knight Keating (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Guardians: A Wasteland Novel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Wasteland

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 30.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Wasteland9.1 hrs
2Wanderers9.4 hrs
3Guardians: A Wasteland Novel12 hrs

About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

487 Tough Topics 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

Guardians: A Wasteland Novel is book 3 of Susan Kim's Wasteland series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Laura Knight Keating, released March 24, 2015, on the Tough Topics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Laura Knight Keating
Released
March 24, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Tough Topics
Series
Wasteland #3
ISBN
9780062368133

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Guardians: A Wasteland Novel audiobook?

Guardians: A Wasteland Novel runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Guardians: A Wasteland Novel audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Guardians: A Wasteland Novel?

Guardians: A Wasteland Novel is narrated by Laura Knight Keating.

Is Guardians: A Wasteland Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.