The Expanse: Audiobooks in Reading Order
The The Expanse audiobook series runs 6 books in reading order, all narrated by Jefferson Mays, about 120 hours total in our catalog. We cover 6 The Expanse audiobooks with live pages here, in the retailer's reading order, carrying 449 listener ratings between them. Back to back at an hour a day that is about 120 days of listening. Per-book length, rating and narrator are below, with a finish-time calculator for the whole series.
The reading order
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
21 hrs · about 21 days at an hour a day · narrated by Jefferson Mays.
Start listening free →Caliban's war by James S. A. Corey
21 hrs · about 21 days at an hour a day · narrated by Jefferson Mays.
Start listening free →Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey
19.8 hrs · about 20 days at an hour a day · narrated by Jefferson Mays.
Start listening free →Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey
20 hrs · about 20 days at an hour a day · narrated by Jefferson Mays.
Start listening free →Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey
18.1 hrs · about 19 days at an hour a day · narrated by Jefferson Mays.
Start listening free →Babylon’s ashes by James S. A. Corey
20 hrs · about 20 days at an hour a day · narrated by Jefferson Mays.
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The instrumentHow long to finish the whole series?
Based on 120 hours across all 6 books.
| Your pace | You'll finish all 6 in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 240 days |
| 1 hour / day | 120 days |
| 2 hours / day | 60 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 80 days |
You'll finish all 6 in–by –
What our data says about the series
- One narrator across all 6: Jefferson Mays reads the whole series in our catalog.
- Longest: Leviathan Wakes (21 hrs). Shortest: Nemesis Games (18.1 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 6 books this series carries with live pages in our catalog, positions 1 to 6, 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 The Expanse audiobooks in?
In reading order: 1. Leviathan Wakes; 2. Caliban's war; 3. Abaddon’s Gate; 4. Cibola Burn; 5. Nemesis Games; 6. Babylon’s ashes.
How long are all the The Expanse audiobooks together?
The 6 books we cover total about 120 hours. At an hour a day that is roughly 120 days; at 1.5× speed about 80 hours.
Who narrates the The Expanse audiobooks?
Jefferson Mays narrates all 6 books in our catalog.
Is the The Expanse audiobook series free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.