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Return to Mars by Ben Bova

Return to Mars: Audiobook

Book 6 of the Grand Tour series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Return to Mars audiobook runs 16 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16 hours of listening.

Days to finish Return to Mars at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Grand Tour Series

This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 77.9 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 93.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Powersat13.6 hrs
2Privateers11.7 hrs
3Mars18.9 hrs
4Moonrise18.3 hrs
5Moonwar15.4 hrs
6Return to Mars16 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

909 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

Return to Mars is book 6 of Ben Bova's Grand Tour series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released August 22, 2008, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
August 22, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
The Grand Tour Series #6
ISBN
9781483071442

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Return to Mars audiobook?

Return to Mars runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the Return to Mars audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Return to Mars?

Return to Mars is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is Return to Mars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.