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Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Ninefox Gambit: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Machineries of Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ninefox Gambit audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Ninefox Gambit at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Machineries of Empire

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 39 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Ninefox Gambit10.9 hrs
2The Raven Stratagem13.7 hrs
3Revenant Gun14.4 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,144 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

Ninefox Gambit is book 1 of Yoon Ha Lee's Machineries of Empire series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Woo Zeller, released June 14, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Woo Zeller
Released
June 14, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Machineries of Empire #1
ISBN
9781501919381

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ninefox Gambit audiobook?

Ninefox Gambit runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Ninefox Gambit audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Ninefox Gambit?

Ninefox Gambit is narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.

Is Ninefox Gambit worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.