The Wild Shore: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Three Californias Triptych series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wild Shore runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Three Californias Triptych
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 40 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wild Shore | 13.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Gold Coast | 15 hrs |
| 3 | Pacific Edge | 11.5 hrs |
More narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
Stefan Rudnicki narrates 744 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,226 hours in all.
About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf
402 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 Wild Shore is book 1 of Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias Triptych series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released March 10, 2015, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- March 10, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- Series
- The Three Californias Triptych #1
- ISBN
- 9781481529655
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wild Shore as an audiobook?
The Wild Shore runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Wild Shore free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wild Shore?
The Wild Shore is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Is The Wild Shore worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.