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Cover of Network Effect by Martha Wells

Network Effect: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Murderbot Diaries series · see all 6 in reading order

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Network Effect audiobook runs 12.8 hours (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.8listening hrs
4.3★59 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 12.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Network Effect at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 17% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.9 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners who want a murder to untangle: a solid week of commutes at 12.8 hours.

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 12.8 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is the Network Effect audiobook free?

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

Is Network Effect worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Network Effect first published?

Network Effect by Martha Wells was first published in 2020.