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Cover of Battle Royale by Kōshun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Koushun Takami

Battle Royale: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Battle Royale audiobook runs 21.5 hours (about 14.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.5listening hrs
4.0★22 ratings
Fantasygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 21.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Battle Royale at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day43 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 21.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 92% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11.2 hrs across 1862 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want a comic streak: a long-haul epic at 21.5 hours.

About the book

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it became a runaway best seller--*Battle Royale* is a *Lord of the Flies* for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Battle Royale audiobook?

Battle Royale runs 21.5 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.3 hours.

Is the Battle Royale audiobook free?

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

Is Battle Royale worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.3 hours, saving 7.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Battle Royale first published?

Battle Royale by Kōshun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi, Koushun Takami was first published in 1999.