The Shadow King: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shadow King runs 16.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robin Miles (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robin Miles
Robin Miles narrates 438 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,075 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
787 Literary 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 Shadow King is an audiobook by Maaza Mengiste: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Miles, released October 31, 2019, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robin Miles
- Released
- October 31, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980054627
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shadow King as an audiobook?
The Shadow King runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.
Is The Shadow King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shadow King?
The Shadow King is narrated by Robin Miles.
Is The Shadow King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.