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The Thucydides Trap by Melinda Snodgrass

The Thucydides Trap: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Imperials series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Thucydides Trap runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicole Poole (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Thucydides Trap 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Imperials Saga

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 42.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 53.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The High Ground10.5 hrs
2In Evil Times9.9 hrs
3The Hidden World11.4 hrs
4Currency of War10.4 hrs
5The Thucydides Trap10.9 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,149 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 Thucydides Trap is book 5 of Melinda Snodgrass's Imperials series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicole Poole, released December 12, 2023, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Nicole Poole
Released
December 12, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series
Imperials Saga #5
ISBN
9781977331380

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Thucydides Trap as an audiobook?

The Thucydides Trap runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is The Thucydides Trap free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Thucydides Trap?

The Thucydides Trap is narrated by Nicole Poole.

Is The Thucydides Trap worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.