Northern Lights — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 12.1 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 58% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
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 witches — a solid week of commutes at 12.1 hours (estimated).
About the book
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems.
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How long is the Northern Lights audiobook?
Northern Lights runs about 12.1 hours — our estimate from its 410 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Can I listen to Northern Lights free?
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Is Northern Lights worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours — saving 4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was Northern Lights first published?
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman was first published in 1995.