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The Little Beast by Nikolai Novikov

The Little Beast: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Nanomachines series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Little Beast runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Brian Wiggins (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Little Beast at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Nanomachines

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 42.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 53.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Son11.4 hrs
2The Grandson10.3 hrs
3The Little Demon10.1 hrs
4The First-Grader10.8 hrs
5The Little Beast11 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,140 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

The Little Beast is book 5 of Nikolai Novikov's Nanomachines series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Wiggins, released August 17, 2026, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Brian Wiggins
Released
August 17, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Nanomachines #5
ISBN
9798318523786

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Little Beast as an audiobook?

The Little Beast runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Little Beast free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Little Beast?

The Little Beast is narrated by Brian Wiggins.

Is The Little Beast worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.