Mars: Audiobooks in Reading Order
The Mars audiobook series runs 3 books in reading order, all narrated by Richard Ferrone, about 83 hours total in our catalog. We cover 3 Mars audiobooks with live pages here, in the retailer's reading order, carrying 129 listener ratings between them. Back to back at an hour a day that is about 83 days of listening. Per-book length, rating and narrator are below, with a finish-time calculator for the whole series.
The reading order
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
23.8 hrs · about 24 days at an hour a day · narrated by Richard Ferrone.
Start listening free →Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
27.2 hrs · about 28 days at an hour a day · narrated by Richard Ferrone.
Start listening free →Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
32 hrs · about 32 days at an hour a day · narrated by Richard Ferrone.
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The instrumentHow long to finish the whole series?
Based on 83 hours across all 3 books.
| Your pace | You'll finish all 3 in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 166 days |
| 1 hour / day | 83 days |
| 2 hours / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 56 days |
You'll finish all 3 in–by –
What our data says about the series
- One narrator across all 3: Richard Ferrone reads the whole series in our catalog.
- Longest: Blue Mars (32 hrs). Shortest: Red Mars (23.8 hrs).
How this reading order is sourced
Reading order and series membership come from the audiobooks.com catalog, confirmed against each book's author on its own product page (we never guess). We list the 3 books this series carries with live pages in our catalog, positions 1 to 3, in order. Total listening time sums our per-book hours. Dataset build 2026-10-05; the list recomputes with every data refresh. Full methodology · All science fiction audiobooks we measured
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
What order should I listen to the Mars audiobooks in?
In reading order: 1. Red Mars; 2. Green Mars; 3. Blue Mars.
How long are all the Mars audiobooks together?
The 3 books we cover total about 83 hours. At an hour a day that is roughly 83 days; at 1.5× speed about 55 hours.
Who narrates the Mars audiobooks?
Richard Ferrone narrates all 3 books in our catalog.
Is the Mars audiobook series free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.