Butterfly Swords: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Tang Dynasty series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Butterfly Swords audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Sarah Lam (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tang Dynasty
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 43.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butterfly Swords | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Dragon and the Pearl | 11.3 hrs |
| 3 | My Fair Concubine | 10.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Sword Dancer | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Sarah Lam
Sarah Lam narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 81 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
11,676 Romance 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
Butterfly Swords is book 1 of Jeannie Lin's Tang Dynasty series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Lam, released May 4, 2012, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Lam
- Released
- May 4, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- Series
- Tang Dynasty #1
- ISBN
- 9781464045080
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Butterfly Swords audiobook?
Butterfly Swords runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Butterfly Swords audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Butterfly Swords?
Butterfly Swords is narrated by Sarah Lam.
Is Butterfly Swords worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.