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The Magician King: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Magician King runs an estimated 12.8 hours (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.8est. listening hrs
3.7★30 ratings
Fantasygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 12.8 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Magician King at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

What our data says

  • At 12.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 71% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 16% 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: a solid week of commutes at 12.8 hours (estimated).

About the book

Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The Magicians , now an original series on Syfy, from the author of the #1 bestselling The Magician’s Land . Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring. Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Magician King as an audiobook?

The Magician King runs about 12.8 hours, our estimate from its 432 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Magician King free as an audiobook?

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

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

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Magician King first published?

The Magician King by Lev Grossman was first published in 2011.