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Polostan by Neal Stephenson

Polostan: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Bomb Light series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Polostan audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by January LaVoy (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Polostan 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

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by January LaVoy

January LaVoy narrates 468 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,610 hours in all.

All January LaVoy audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,268 Historical (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

Polostan is book 1 of Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by January LaVoy, released September 26, 2024, on the Espionage and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
January LaVoy
Released
September 26, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
Series
Bomb Light #1
ISBN
9780008447236

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Polostan audiobook?

Polostan runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Polostan audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Polostan?

Polostan is narrated by January LaVoy.

Is Polostan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.