The Reality Dysfunction: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Night's Dawn series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reality Dysfunction runs 41.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 27.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 41.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 83 days |
| 1 hour / day | 42 days |
| 2 hours / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 28 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 41.2 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Night's Dawn Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 81.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Reality Dysfunction | 41.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Neutronium Alchemist | 40.5 hrs |
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
35 Science 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 Reality Dysfunction is book 1 of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn series: a 41.2-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released March 29, 2016, on the Science Fiction and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 41.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- March 29, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Space Opera
- Series
- Night's Dawn Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781515970712
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Reality Dysfunction as an audiobook?
The Reality Dysfunction runs 41.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 27.5 hours.
Is The Reality Dysfunction free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Reality Dysfunction?
The Reality Dysfunction is narrated by John Lee.
Is The Reality Dysfunction worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 27.5 hours, saving 13.7 hours.