The Bright Sword: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bright Sword runs 23.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith and Lev Grossman (about 15.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.2 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
Nicholas Guy Smith narrates 100 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,207 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
188 Literary 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 Bright Sword is an audiobook by Lev Grossman: a 23.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Guy Smith and Lev Grossman, released July 16, 2024, on the Literary Fiction and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicholas Guy Smith, Lev Grossman
- Released
- July 16, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- ISBN
- 9781524782993
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bright Sword as an audiobook?
The Bright Sword runs 23.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.4 hours.
Is The Bright Sword free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bright Sword?
The Bright Sword is narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith and Lev Grossman.
Is The Bright Sword worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.4 hours, saving 7.7 hours.