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Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle

Janissaries: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Janissaries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Janissaries audiobook runs 7.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Keith Szarabajka (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.3listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Janissaries at common listening paces
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30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Janissaries Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 30.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Janissaries7.3 hrs
2Clan and Crown11.6 hrs
3Storms of Victory11.3 hrs

More narrated by Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,519 hours in all.

All Keith Szarabajka audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,476 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

Janissaries is book 1 of Jerry Pournelle's Janissaries series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Keith Szarabajka, released October 30, 2012, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.3 hrs
Narrated by
Keith Szarabajka
Released
October 30, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Janissaries Series #1
ISBN
9781481591881

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Janissaries audiobook?

Janissaries runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.

Is the Janissaries audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Janissaries?

Janissaries is narrated by Keith Szarabajka.