The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Keating (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 3,045 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Keating
John Keating narrates 57 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 622 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
57 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Book 3)
- The Warden and the Wolf King: The Wingfeather Saga Book 4
- Ranger's Apprentice, Book 10: the Emperor of Nihon-Ja: Book Ten
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories
- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning is book 1 of John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by John Keating, released November 5, 2013, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Keating
- Released
- November 5, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger #1
- ISBN
- 9781101631270
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning as an audiobook?
The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning?
The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning is narrated by John Keating.
Is The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.