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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Ministry for the Future: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ministry for the Future runs 20.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gary Bennett and Joniece Abbott Pratt and others (about 13.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

20.7listening hrs
Apocalyptic & Dystopianstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 20.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ministry for the Future at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day42 days
1 hour / day21 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×14 days

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

What our data says

  • At 20.7 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf

77 Apocalyptic & Dystopian 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 Ministry for the Future is an audiobook by Kim Stanley Robinson: a 20.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gary Bennett, Joniece Abbott Pratt and Nikki Massoud and others, released October 6, 2020, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
20.7 hrs
Narrated by
Gary Bennett, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Nikki Massoud, Inés Del Castillo, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Ramon De Ocampo
Released
October 6, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9781549186431

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ministry for the Future as an audiobook?

The Ministry for the Future runs 20.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.8 hours.

Is The Ministry for the Future free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Ministry for the Future?

The Ministry for the Future is narrated by Gary Bennett, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Nikki Massoud and Inés Del Castillo and others.

Is The Ministry for the Future worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.8 hours, saving 6.9 hours.