The Road Builders: Audiobook
Book 18 of the Australians series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Road Builders runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Slater (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 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 9.4 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Australians
This is book 18. Books 1 to 17 run 154.5 hours before it; books 1 to 24 run 212.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Exiles | 9.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Prisoners | 11.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Settlers | 10.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Newcomers | 10.4 hrs |
| 5 | The Traitors | 10.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Rebels | 9.7 hrs |
| 7 | The Explorers | 9 hrs |
| 8 | The Travellers | 8.6 hrs |
| 9 | The Adventurers | 9 hrs |
| 10 | The Warriors | 8.8 hrs |
| 11 | The Colonists | 10.6 hrs |
| 12 | The Pioneers | 6.6 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Slater
Simon Slater narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 570 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,930 Historical (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 Road Builders is book 18 of Vivian Stuart's Australians series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Slater, released September 20, 2023, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Slater
- Released
- September 20, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- The Australians #18
- ISBN
- 9789979642671
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Road Builders as an audiobook?
The Road Builders runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Road Builders free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Road Builders?
The Road Builders is narrated by Simon Slater.