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The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

The Poet Empress: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Poet Empress runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Yang and Katharine Chin (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.7listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Poet Empress 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 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Poet Empress is an audiobook by Shen Tao: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Yang and Katharine Chin, released January 20, 2026, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.7 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Yang, Katharine Chin
Released
January 20, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
ISBN
9781250435576

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Poet Empress as an audiobook?

The Poet Empress runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is The Poet Empress free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Poet Empress?

The Poet Empress is narrated by Eric Yang and Katharine Chin.

Is The Poet Empress worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.