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Burning Tower by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven

Burning Tower: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Golden Road series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Burning Tower audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Weiner (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.5listening hrs
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Burning Tower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Golden Road Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 16.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 32 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Burning City16.5 hrs
2Burning Tower15.5 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf

352 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) 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

Burning Tower is book 2 of Jerry Pournelle's Golden Road series: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Weiner, released October 11, 2012, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.5 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Weiner
Released
October 11, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Golden Road Series #2
ISBN
9781483068329

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Burning Tower audiobook?

Burning Tower runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is the Burning Tower audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Burning Tower?

Burning Tower is narrated by Tom Weiner.

Is Burning Tower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.