The Emerald Atlas: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Books of Beginning series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emerald Atlas runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Dale (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books of Beginning
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 37.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Emerald Atlas | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Fire Chronicle | 12.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Black Reckoning | 13.1 hrs |
More narrated by Jim Dale
Jim Dale narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 326 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
154 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning
- North! Or Be Eaten
- Echo
- Greenglass House
- The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 3
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 Emerald Atlas is book 1 of John Stephens's Books of Beginning series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Dale, released April 5, 2011, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Dale
- Released
- April 5, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Books of Beginning #1
- ISBN
- 9780307879776
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Emerald Atlas as an audiobook?
The Emerald Atlas runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Emerald Atlas free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Emerald Atlas?
The Emerald Atlas is narrated by Jim Dale.
Is The Emerald Atlas worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.