Rise of the Grandmaster: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Rise of the Grandmaster series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rise of the Grandmaster audiobook runs 20.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean William Doyle (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.6 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rise of the Grandmaster
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 84.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise of the Grandmaster | 20.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Trials of Tristholm | 18.4 hrs |
| 3 | Deserts of Naroosh | 16.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Eyes of Prophecy | 14.8 hrs |
| 5 | Battle for the Kingdom | 14.3 hrs |
More narrated by Sean William Doyle
Sean William Doyle narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 317 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
405 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
Rise of the Grandmaster is book 1 of Bradford Bates's Rise of the Grandmaster series: a 20.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean William Doyle, released July 21, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean William Doyle
- Released
- July 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Rise of the Grandmaster #1
- ISBN
- 9781705233702
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Rise of the Grandmaster audiobook?
Rise of the Grandmaster runs 20.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.
Is the Rise of the Grandmaster audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Rise of the Grandmaster?
Rise of the Grandmaster is narrated by Sean William Doyle.
Is Rise of the Grandmaster worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.9 hours.