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Poseidon's Wake by Alastair Reynolds

Poseidon's Wake: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Poseidon's Children series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Poseidon's Wake audiobook runs 27.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Adjoa Andoh (about 18.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

27.1listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 27.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Poseidon's Wake at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day55 days
1 hour / day28 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×19 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 27.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Poseidon's Children

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 45.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 72.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Blue Remembered Earth21.8 hrs
2On The Steel Breeze23.3 hrs
3Poseidon's Wake27.1 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

147 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

Poseidon's Wake is book 3 of Alastair Reynolds's Poseidon's Children series: a 27.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Adjoa Andoh, released February 2, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
27.1 hrs
Narrated by
Adjoa Andoh
Released
February 2, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Poseidon's Children #3
ISBN
9781470380373

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Poseidon's Wake audiobook?

Poseidon's Wake runs 27.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.1 hours.

Is the Poseidon's Wake audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Poseidon's Wake?

Poseidon's Wake is narrated by Adjoa Andoh.

Is Poseidon's Wake worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.1 hours, saving 9 hours.