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Cover of Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Golden Son: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Red Rising series · see all 5 in reading order

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Golden Son audiobook runs 19.1 hours (about 12.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.1listening hrs
4.3★48 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 19.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Golden Son at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day39 days
1 hour / day20 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 19.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 75% longer than the average science fiction audiobook (10.9 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners who want dystopian stakes: a long-haul epic at 19.1 hours.

About the book

With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown's genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within. A life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable hero at its heart, Golden Son guarantees Pierce Brown's continuing status as one of fiction's most exciting new voices.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Golden Son audiobook?

Golden Son runs 19.1 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.7 hours.

Is the Golden Son audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is Golden Son worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.7 hours, saving 6.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Golden Son first published?

Golden Son by Pierce Brown was first published in 2015.