Cloud Atlas — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 15.9 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 15.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 78% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 29% 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 15.9 hours (estimated).
About the book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A timeless, structure-bending classic that explores how actions of individual lives impact the past, present and future—from a postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in fiction Featuring a new afterword by David Mitchell and a new introduction by Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow One of the New York Times ’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cloud Atlas audiobook?
Cloud Atlas runs about 15.9 hours — our estimate from its 537 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Can I listen to Cloud Atlas free?
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Who narrates Cloud Atlas?
Cloud Atlas is narrated by Scott Brick.
Is Cloud Atlas worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours — saving 5.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Cloud Atlas first published?
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell was first published in 2004.