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The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft

The Hod King: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Books of Babel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hod King runs 20.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Banks (about 13.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

20.3listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 20.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hod King at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day41 days
1 hour / day21 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×14 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 20.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Books of Babel

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 28.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 48.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Senlin Ascends14.3 hrs
2Arm of the Sphinx14 hrs
3The Hod King20.3 hrs

More narrated by John Banks

John Banks narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,170 hours in all.

All John Banks audiobooks, measured

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 Hod King is book 3 of Josiah Bancroft's Books of Babel series: a 20.3-hour unabridged recording, read by John Banks, released January 22, 2019, on the Epic Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
20.3 hrs
Narrated by
John Banks
Released
January 22, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
The Books of Babel #3
ISBN
9781549194993

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hod King as an audiobook?

The Hod King runs 20.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.5 hours.

Is The Hod King free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Hod King?

The Hod King is narrated by John Banks.

Is The Hod King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.5 hours, saving 6.8 hours.