The Accidental War: Audiobook
Part of A Novel of the Praxis
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accidental War runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Drummond (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 4,338 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Drummond
David Drummond narrates 56 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 680 hours in all.
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious---and Perplexing---City
- Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
- The Sword of Bedwyr
- America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
502 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Ready Player Two
- Armada
- Advent: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
- Sphere
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Accidental War is an audiobook by Walter Jon Williams: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Drummond, released September 4, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Drummond
- Released
- September 4, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- A Novel of the Praxis
- ISBN
- 9780062867186
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Accidental War as an audiobook?
The Accidental War runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is The Accidental War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Accidental War?
The Accidental War is narrated by David Drummond.
Is The Accidental War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.