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The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 by Tad Williams

The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (Dramatized Adaptation) series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by R.J. Bayley and Jonathan David Bullock and others (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (Dramatized Adaptation)

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.8 hours in all.

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 Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 is book 1 of Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (Dramatized Adaptation) series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by R.J. Bayley, Jonathan David Bullock and Wyn Delano and others, released June 25, 2025, on the Fantasy and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
R.J. Bayley, Jonathan David Bullock, Wyn Delano, Lise Bruneau, Andy Brownstein, Peter Holdway
Released
June 25, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Coming of Age, Epic Fantasy
Series
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (Dramatized Adaptation) #1
ISBN
9798890559265

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 as an audiobook?

The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1?

The Dragonbone Chair (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1 is narrated by R.J. Bayley, Jonathan David Bullock, Wyn Delano and Lise Bruneau and others.