His Dark Materials: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the His Dark Materials audiobook runs an estimated 29 hours (about 19.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 29 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 58 days |
| 1 hour / day | 29 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 days |
You'll finish in–by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.
What our data says
- At 29 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 98% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 159% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11.2 hrs across 1862 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners who want magic systems: a long-haul epic at 29 hours (estimated).
About the book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “UNPUTDOWNABLE.”— The Washington Post • An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel • A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time • The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark Materials DON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO LYRA’S STORY: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE NOW! The spellbinding sequel to the modern fantasy classic The Golden Compass . “The story gallops with ferocious momentum . . . Devilishly inventive.”— The New York Times Book Review Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the His Dark Materials audiobook?
His Dark Materials runs about 29 hours, our estimate from its 981 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.3 hours.
Is the His Dark Materials audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is His Dark Materials worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.3 hours, saving 9.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was His Dark Materials first published?
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman was first published in 2000.
