The Return: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Powers (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Powers
Richard Powers narrates 144 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,563 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
2,060 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 Return is an audiobook by Joseph Helmreich: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Powers, released March 14, 2017, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Powers
- Released
- March 14, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781504757225
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Return as an audiobook?
The Return runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The Return free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Return?
The Return is narrated by Richard Powers.