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The Lair of Bones by David Farland

The Lair of Bones: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Runelords series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lair of Bones runs 15.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ray Porter (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.8listening hrs
Epic Fantasystore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Lair of Bones at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Runelords Series

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 63.9 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 128 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Sum of All Men22 hrs
2Brotherhood of the Wolf22.7 hrs
3Wizardborn19.3 hrs
4The Lair of Bones15.8 hrs
5Sons of the Oak13.5 hrs
6Worldbinder11.7 hrs
7The Wyrmling Horde11.6 hrs
8Chaosbound: The Eighth Book of the Runelords11.5 hrs

About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf

746 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 Lair of Bones is book 4 of David Farland's Runelords series: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Porter, released December 1, 2010, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.8 hrs
Narrated by
Ray Porter
Released
December 1, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Epic Fantasy
Series
The Runelords Series #4
ISBN
9781483072005

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lair of Bones as an audiobook?

The Lair of Bones runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is The Lair of Bones free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Lair of Bones?

The Lair of Bones is narrated by Ray Porter.

Is The Lair of Bones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.