Fire & Blood — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 24.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 50 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 24.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 95% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 102% 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 dragons and magic systems — a long-haul epic at 24.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon “The thrill of Fire & Blood is the thrill of all Martin’s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.”— Entertainment Weekly Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom?
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fire & Blood audiobook?
Fire & Blood runs about 24.8 hours — our estimate from its 840 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.5 hours.
Can I listen to Fire & Blood free?
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Is Fire & Blood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.5 hours — saving 8.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Fire & Blood first published?
Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin was first published in 2014.