Empire: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire audiobook runs 19 hours unabridged, narrated by Esme Lonsdale and Joe Pitts and others (about 12.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Esme Lonsdale
Esme Lonsdale narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 117 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
150 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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
Empire is an audiobook by Sabaa Tahir: a 19-hour unabridged recording, read by Esme Lonsdale, Joe Pitts and Cloud Quinn and others, released September 22, 2026, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19 hrs
- Narrated by
- Esme Lonsdale, Joe Pitts, Cloud Quinn, Rachel Petladwala, Vidish Athavale, Katharine Lee McEwan
- Released
- September 22, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- ISBN
- 9780593868058
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire audiobook?
Empire runs 19 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.7 hours.
Is the Empire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empire?
Empire is narrated by Esme Lonsdale, Joe Pitts, Cloud Quinn and Rachel Petladwala and others.
Is Empire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.7 hours, saving 6.3 hours.