The Dark Forest: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Three-Body Problem series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Forest runs 22.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by P. J. Ochlan (about 15.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 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 22.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Three-Body Problem Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 75.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Three-Body Problem | 13.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Dark Forest | 22.6 hrs |
| 3 | Death's End | 28.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Redemption of Time | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by P. J. Ochlan
P. J. Ochlan narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,109 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
309 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Jess Hong runs 2.6 hours shorter (20 hours).
- The 2023 recording read by Daniel York Loh runs 0.7 hours shorter (21.9 hours).
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 Dark Forest is book 2 of Cixin Liu's Three-Body Problem series: a 22.6-hour unabridged recording, read by P. J. Ochlan, released August 11, 2015, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- P. J. Ochlan
- Released
- August 11, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Three-Body Problem Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781427268297
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Forest as an audiobook?
The Dark Forest runs 22.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.1 hours.
Is The Dark Forest free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Forest?
The Dark Forest is narrated by P. J. Ochlan.
Is The Dark Forest worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.1 hours, saving 7.5 hours.