The Original: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Original runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julia Whelan (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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 Science Fiction shelf
332 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- All Systems Red
- The Land that Time Forgot
- Seven H.P. Lovecraft Stories
- The Time Machine
- The Time Machine (Version 2)
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 Original is an audiobook by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Whelan, released September 14, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Whelan
- Released
- September 14, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980062899
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Original as an audiobook?
The Original runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
Is The Original free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Original?
The Original is narrated by Julia Whelan.