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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms runs an estimated 11.7 hours (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7est. listening hrs
3.8★31 ratings
Fantasygenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 62% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 6% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want epic quests: a solid week of commutes at 11.7 hours (estimated).

About the book

After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms as an audiobook?

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms runs about 11.7 hours, our estimate from its 397 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms free as an audiobook?

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

Is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms first published?

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin was first published in 2010.