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Dune Messiah: Audiobook

The Dune Messiah audiobook runs an estimated 8.2 hours (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2est. listening hrs
4.0★137 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Dune Messiah at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 68% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 22% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a solid week of commutes at 8.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave?

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dune Messiah audiobook?

Dune Messiah runs about 8.2 hours, our estimate from its 278 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Can I listen to Dune Messiah free?

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When was Dune Messiah first published?

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert was first published in 1969.