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Nero by Conn Iggulden

Nero: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Nero series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nero audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Lydia Leonard (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Nero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Nero Trilogy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Nero10.6 hrs
2Tyrant11.7 hrs
3Inferno11.6 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,574 Historical (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

Nero is book 1 of Conn Iggulden's Nero series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Lydia Leonard, released May 24, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Lydia Leonard
Released
May 24, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Nero Trilogy #1
ISBN
9798892736992

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Nero audiobook?

Nero runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the Nero audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Nero?

Nero is narrated by Lydia Leonard.

Is Nero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.