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When All Else Fails by Howard Libes

When All Else Fails: Audiobook

Book 1 of the SEEDER series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When All Else Fails audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Adam Wendt (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

Days to finish When All Else Fails at common listening paces
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30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,118 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

When All Else Fails is book 1 of Howard Libes's SEEDER series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Wendt, released December 28, 2025, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Adam Wendt
Released
December 28, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The SEEDER Series #1
ISBN
9798295377761

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the When All Else Fails audiobook?

When All Else Fails runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is the When All Else Fails audiobook free?

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

Who narrates When All Else Fails?

When All Else Fails is narrated by Adam Wendt.

Is When All Else Fails worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.