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Ruins: Audiobook

The Ruins audiobook runs an estimated 16.1 hours (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.1est. listening hrs
3.6★7 ratings
Fantasygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 16.1 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Ruins at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

What our data says

  • At 16.1 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 86% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 46% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 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 16.1 hours (estimated).

About the book

Features a new exclusive introduction read by author Orson Scott Card. From the author of Ender’s Game , the major motion picture! A complex fate. A deadly path. Book two in the New York Times bestselling series Publishers Weekly calls “an epic in the best sense.” When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, Vadesh - a machine shaped like a human, created to deceive - but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ruins audiobook?

Ruins runs about 16.1 hours, our estimate from its 544 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the Ruins audiobook free?

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

Is Ruins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Ruins first published?

Ruins by Orson Scott Card was first published in 2012.