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Network Effect: Audiobook

The Network Effect audiobook runs an estimated 9.8 hours (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8est. listening hrs
4.3★59 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Network Effect at common listening paces
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1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours (estimated), it sits right at the median length for science fiction.
  • That's 7% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners who want a murder to untangle: a solid week of commutes at 9.8 hours (estimated).

About the book

Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since. Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect. You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot. Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you’ll read this century. — I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Network Effect audiobook?

Network Effect runs about 9.8 hours, our estimate from its 333 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Can I listen to Network Effect free?

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When was Network Effect first published?

Network Effect by Martha Wells was first published in 2020.