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The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

The Book of Five Rings: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of Five Rings runs 3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3listening hrs
Military (History)store shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Book of Five Rings at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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

What our data says

  • At 3 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2026 recording read by AI Voice gemini runs 1.4 hours shorter (1.6 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by Geoff Sugiyama runs 0.5 hours shorter (2.5 hours).

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

The Book of Five Rings is an audiobook by Miyamoto Musashi: a 3-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released June 30, 2010, on the Military (History) and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Brick
Released
June 30, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History), Lessons in Philosophy
ISBN
9781400188529

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Book of Five Rings as an audiobook?

The Book of Five Rings runs 3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.

Is The Book of Five Rings free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Book of Five Rings?

The Book of Five Rings is narrated by Scott Brick.