The War That Came Early: The Big Switch: Audiobook
Book 3 of the War That Came Early series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The War That Came Early: The Big Switch runs 18 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 18 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on War That Came Early
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 34.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 103.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitler's War | 17 hrs |
| 2 | The War That Came Early: West and East | 17.1 hrs |
| 3 | The War That Came Early: The Big Switch | 18 hrs |
| 4 | The War That Came Early: Coup d'Etat | 17.2 hrs |
| 5 | Two Fronts | 17.3 hrs |
| 6 | Last Orders | 16.7 hrs |
More narrated by Todd McLaren
Todd McLaren narrates 191 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,238 hours in all.
About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf
137 Westerns & War 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 War That Came Early: The Big Switch is book 3 of Harry Turtledove's War That Came Early series: a 18-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released July 25, 2011, on the Westerns & War and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd McLaren
- Released
- July 25, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- War That Came Early #3
- ISBN
- 9781400185870
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The War That Came Early: The Big Switch as an audiobook?
The War That Came Early: The Big Switch runs 18 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.
Is The War That Came Early: The Big Switch free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The War That Came Early: The Big Switch?
The War That Came Early: The Big Switch is narrated by Todd McLaren.
Is The War That Came Early: The Big Switch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.