The Heart of the World: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Raven Son series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heart of the World runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Paton (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Raven Son
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.6 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 47 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Song of the Sirin | 13.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Curse of the Raven: Raven Son, Book Two | 3.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Heart of the World | 15.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Forge of the Covenant | 3.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Throne of the Gods | 11.5 hrs |
More narrated by John Paton
John Paton narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 126 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
881 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 Heart of the World is book 3 of Nicholas Kotar's Raven Son series: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Paton, released November 14, 2020, on the Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Paton
- Released
- November 14, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Raven Son #3
- ISBN
- 9781664957411
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heart of the World as an audiobook?
The Heart of the World runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The Heart of the World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heart of the World?
The Heart of the World is narrated by John Paton.
Is The Heart of the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.