Sea of Poppies: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ibis series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sea of Poppies audiobook runs 18.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Phil Gigante (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ibis Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 65.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sea of Poppies | 18.3 hrs |
| 2 | River of Smoke | 22.6 hrs |
| 3 | Flood of Fire | 25 hrs |
More narrated by Phil Gigante
Phil Gigante narrates 188 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,860 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
1,529 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
Sea of Poppies is book 1 of Amitav Ghosh's Ibis series: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Phil Gigante, released October 15, 2008, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Phil Gigante
- Released
- October 15, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- Series
- Ibis Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781423373780
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sea of Poppies audiobook?
Sea of Poppies runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is the Sea of Poppies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sea of Poppies?
Sea of Poppies is narrated by Phil Gigante.
Is Sea of Poppies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.