Metropolitan: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Metropolitan series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Metropolitan audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Metropolitan Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 37.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan | 13.5 hrs |
| 2 | City on Fire | 24 hrs |
More narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
Emily Woo Zeller narrates 491 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,175 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,469 Science Fiction 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
Metropolitan is book 1 of Walter Jon Williams's Metropolitan series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Woo Zeller, released January 29, 2019, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Released
- January 29, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Metropolitan Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781982620325
How to listen to Metropolitan free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Metropolitan audiobook?
Metropolitan runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Metropolitan audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Metropolitan?
Metropolitan is narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.
Is Metropolitan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.