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Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds

Redemption Ark: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Revelation Space series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Redemption Ark audiobook runs 27.4 hours unabridged, narrated by John Lee (about 18.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

27.4listening hrs
Space Operastore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 27.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Redemption Ark 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 27.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 2,721 Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Revelation Space

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 22 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 76.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Revelation Space22 hrs
2Redemption Ark27.4 hrs
3Absolution Gap27 hrs

About as long, on the Space Opera shelf

23 Space Opera 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

Redemption Ark is book 2 of Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space series: a 27.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released March 30, 2009, on the Space Opera shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
27.4 hrs
Narrated by
John Lee
Released
March 30, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Space Opera
Series
Revelation Space #2
ISBN
9781400179572

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Redemption Ark audiobook?

Redemption Ark runs 27.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.3 hours.

Is the Redemption Ark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Redemption Ark?

Redemption Ark is narrated by John Lee.

Is Redemption Ark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.3 hours, saving 9.1 hours.