The Way of Kings — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 29.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 60 days |
| 1 hour / day | 30 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 29.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 98% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 142% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners who want magic systems and epic quests — a long-haul epic at 29.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings , Book One of the Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion. Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them. One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Way of Kings as an audiobook?
The Way of Kings runs about 29.8 hours — our estimate from its 1008 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.9 hours.
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Is The Way of Kings worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.9 hours — saving 9.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Way of Kings first published?
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson was first published in 2010.