Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Wastelands series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse audiobook runs 17 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts and Alex Hyde-White and others (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 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 17 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 4,338 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Wastelands Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 37.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse | 17 hrs |
| 2 | Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse | 20.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts
Lisa Reneé Pitts narrates 57 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 582 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
236 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is book 1 of Octavia E. Butler's Wastelands series: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Reneé Pitts, Alex Hyde-White and Judy Young and others, released May 6, 2014, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisa Reneé Pitts, Alex Hyde-White, Judy Young, Emily Janice Card, Gabrielle De Cuir, Paul Boehmer
- Released
- May 6, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Science Fiction
- Series
- The Wastelands Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781482999723
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse audiobook?
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is the Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse?
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is narrated by Lisa Reneé Pitts, Alex Hyde-White, Judy Young and Emily Janice Card and others.
Is Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.