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The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan

The Crown Tower: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Riyria Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crown Tower runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Crown Tower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Riyria Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 25.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Crown Tower12.9 hrs
2The Rose and the Thorn12.3 hrs

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

840 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 Crown Tower is book 1 of Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria Chronicles series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Gerard Reynolds, released August 6, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Epic Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Gerard Reynolds
Released
August 6, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Riyria Chronicles #1
ISBN
9781470360887

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Crown Tower as an audiobook?

The Crown Tower runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is The Crown Tower free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Crown Tower?

The Crown Tower is narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds.

Is The Crown Tower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.