The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Farseer series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Farseer
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 84.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice | 17.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Farseer: Royal Assassin | 29.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Farseer: Assassin's Quest | 37.7 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Boehmer
Paul Boehmer narrates 472 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,598 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
628 Epic Fantasy 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 Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice is book 1 of Robin Hobb's Farseer series: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released March 3, 2010, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Boehmer
- Released
- March 3, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Farseer #1
- ISBN
- 9781400184347
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice as an audiobook?
The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice?
The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice is narrated by Paul Boehmer.
Is The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.