The Three-Body Problem: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Three-Body Problem series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Three-Body Problem runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Luke Daniels (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Three-Body Problem Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 75.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Three-Body Problem | 13.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Dark Forest | 22.6 hrs |
| 3 | Death's End | 28.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Redemption of Time | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Luke Daniels
Luke Daniels narrates 392 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,725 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,495 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Rosalind Chao runs 0.5 hours longer (13.9 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 Three-Body Problem is book 1 of Cixin Liu's Three-Body Problem series: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Luke Daniels, released November 11, 2014, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Luke Daniels
- Released
- November 11, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The Three-Body Problem Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781427251992
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Three-Body Problem as an audiobook?
The Three-Body Problem runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Three-Body Problem free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Three-Body Problem?
The Three-Body Problem is narrated by Luke Daniels.
Is The Three-Body Problem worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.