The Song of Achilles: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Song of Achilles runs an estimated 11.4 hours as an audiobook (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in–by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.4 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 55% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 5% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (12 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 11.4 hours (estimated).
About the book
“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett “Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Song of Achilles as an audiobook?
The Song of Achilles runs about 11.4 hours, our estimate from its 385 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Song of Achilles free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is The Song of Achilles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Song of Achilles first published?
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller was first published in 2011.
