The Poppy War — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 15.4 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 76% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 25% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners who want magic systems and epic quests — a long-haul epic at 15.4 hours (estimated).
About the book
An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018! A Library Journal, Paste Magazine, and ENTROPY Best Books of 2018 pick! Washington Post "5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018" pick! A Bustle "30 Best Fiction Books of 2018" pick! “I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- Booknest A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Poppy War as an audiobook?
The Poppy War runs about 15.4 hours — our estimate from its 522 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Can I listen to The Poppy War free?
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Is The Poppy War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours — saving 5.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Poppy War first published?
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang was first published in 2018.