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The Citadel by Alexey Osadchuk

The Citadel: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Mirror World series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Citadel runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kyle McCarley (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Citadel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Mirror World

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.3 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 57.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Project Daily Grind12.3 hrs
2The Citadel11.4 hrs
3The Way of the Outcast12.4 hrs
4The Twilight Obelisk11.7 hrs
5The Founder9.5 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

2,049 Science 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 Citadel is book 2 of Alexey Osadchuk's Mirror World series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle McCarley, released September 27, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Kyle McCarley
Released
September 27, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Mirror World #2
ISBN
9781515981039

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Citadel as an audiobook?

The Citadel runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is The Citadel free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Citadel?

The Citadel is narrated by Kyle McCarley.

Is The Citadel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.