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Saudade by Lesli Richardson

Saudade: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Maxim Colonies series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Saudade audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Shane Rivers and Emily Cauldwell (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
Romantasy (Romance)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Saudade at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Maxim Colonies

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 23.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Jailmates10.9 hrs
2Farborn7.5 hrs
3Saudade5.3 hrs

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

Saudade is book 3 of Lesli Richardson's Maxim Colonies series: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Shane Rivers and Emily Cauldwell, released December 6, 2022, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Shane Rivers, Emily Cauldwell
Released
December 6, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romantasy (Romance)
Series
Maxim Colonies #3
ISBN
9781094450377

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Saudade audiobook?

Saudade runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Saudade audiobook free?

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Who narrates Saudade?

Saudade is narrated by Shane Rivers and Emily Cauldwell.