The Book That Broke the World: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Library series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book That Broke the World runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jessica Whittaker (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Library Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 22.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 52.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book That Wouldn't Burn | 22.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Book That Broke the World | 15.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Book That Held Her Heart | 14.5 hrs |
More narrated by Jessica Whittaker
Jessica Whittaker narrates 48 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 409 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
460 Action & Adventure (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
The Book That Broke the World is book 2 of Mark Lawrence's Library series: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jessica Whittaker, released April 11, 2024, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jessica Whittaker
- Released
- April 11, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Space Opera
- Series
- The Library Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780008456795
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Book That Broke the World as an audiobook?
The Book That Broke the World runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Book That Broke the World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Book That Broke the World?
The Book That Broke the World is narrated by Jessica Whittaker.
Is The Book That Broke the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.