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Elantris — Audiobook

18.9est. listening hrs
4.2★95 ratings
Fantasygenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 18.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Elantris at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day38 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

What our data says

  • At 18.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 87% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 54% 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 epic quests — a long-haul epic at 18.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

In 2005, Brandon Sanderson debuted with Elantris, an epic fantasy unlike any other then on the market. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tor is reissuing Elantris in a special edition, a fresh chance to introduce it to the myriad readers who have since become Sanderson fans. This new edition begins with a preface by author Dan Wells, the first person to read the completed novel, and a new afterword by Sanderson explaining how he came to write the book and its place in the Cosmere, the unified universe of all his Tor novels. Also included is the first book appearance of the short story "The Hope of Elantris," revealing interesting action referred to late in the novel, and an expanded version of the "Ars Arcanum" appendix, with more of the technical details of the book's magic that fans can never get enough of.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Elantris audiobook?

Elantris runs about 18.9 hours — our estimate from its 638 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.

Can I listen to Elantris free?

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Is Elantris worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours — saving 6.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Elantris first published?

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson was first published in 2005.