The Burning City: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Golden Road series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Burning City runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Weiner (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 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 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Golden Road Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 32 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Burning City | 16.5 hrs |
| 2 | Burning Tower | 15.5 hrs |
More narrated by Tom Weiner
Tom Weiner narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,000 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
688 Epic Fantasy 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 Burning City is book 1 of Jerry Pournelle's Golden Road series: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Weiner, released September 14, 2012, on the Epic Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Weiner
- Released
- September 14, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Golden Road Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781483068305
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Burning City as an audiobook?
The Burning City runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is The Burning City free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Burning City?
The Burning City is narrated by Tom Weiner.
Is The Burning City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.