Anathem — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 27.7 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 56 days |
| 1 hour / day | 28 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 27.7 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 97% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 125% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners who want a historical setting — a long-haul epic at 27.7 hours (estimated).
About the book
Fraa Erasmus is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the "Saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities, and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs, bloody violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet always the avout have managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. Erasmus, however, has no fear of the outside - the Extramuros - for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago.
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How long is the Anathem audiobook?
Anathem runs about 27.7 hours — our estimate from its 937 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.5 hours.
Can I listen to Anathem free?
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Is Anathem worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.5 hours — saving 9.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Anathem first published?
Anathem by Neal Stephenson was first published in 2008.