The Ninth Metal: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Comet Cycle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ninth Metal runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julia Whelan (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Comet Cycle
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 28 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ninth Metal | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Unfamiliar Garden | 7.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Sky Vault | 10.5 hrs |
More narrated by Julia Whelan
Julia Whelan narrates 408 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,883 hours in all.
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- Educated
- The Great Alone
- The Women
- The Wife Between Us
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,074 Literary Fiction 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 Ninth Metal is book 1 of Benjamin Percy's Comet Cycle series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Whelan, released June 1, 2021, on the Literary Fiction and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Whelan
- Released
- June 1, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Science Fiction
- Series
- The Comet Cycle #1
- ISBN
- 9780358450528
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ninth Metal as an audiobook?
The Ninth Metal runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Ninth Metal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ninth Metal?
The Ninth Metal is narrated by Julia Whelan.
Is The Ninth Metal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.