The Ruin of Kings: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Chorus of Dragons series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ruin of Kings runs 27.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vikas Adam and Soneela Nankani and others (about 18.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 27.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 55 days |
| 1 hour / day | 28 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 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 27.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Chorus of Dragons
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 132.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ruin of Kings | 27.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Name of All Things | 25.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Memory of Souls | 27.6 hrs |
| 4 | The House of Always | 26.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Discord of Gods | 24.4 hrs |
More narrated by Vikas Adam
Vikas Adam narrates 342 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,726 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
170 Fantasy 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 Ruin of Kings is book 1 of Jenn Lyons's A Chorus of Dragons series: a 27.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Vikas Adam, Soneela Nankani and Feodor Chin, released February 5, 2019, on the Fantasy and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 27.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vikas Adam, Soneela Nankani, Feodor Chin
- Released
- February 5, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- A Chorus of Dragons #1
- ISBN
- 9781250318251
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ruin of Kings as an audiobook?
The Ruin of Kings runs 27.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.3 hours.
Is The Ruin of Kings free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ruin of Kings?
The Ruin of Kings is narrated by Vikas Adam, Soneela Nankani and Feodor Chin.
Is The Ruin of Kings worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.3 hours, saving 9.1 hours.