The Sword Dancer: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Tang Dynasty series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sword Dancer runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sarah Lam (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Tang Dynasty
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 32.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 43.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butterfly Swords | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Dragon and the Pearl | 11.3 hrs |
| 3 | My Fair Concubine | 10.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Sword Dancer | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Sarah Lam
Sarah Lam narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 81 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,506 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2014 recording read by Sarah Lam runs 1.6 hours shorter (8.8 hours).
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 Sword Dancer is book 4 of Jeannie Lin's Tang Dynasty series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Lam, released April 22, 2016, on the Historical (Romance) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Lam
- Released
- April 22, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Tang Dynasty #4
- ISBN
- 9781490686851
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sword Dancer as an audiobook?
The Sword Dancer runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Sword Dancer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sword Dancer?
The Sword Dancer is narrated by Sarah Lam.
Is The Sword Dancer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.