The Ender Saga: Audiobooks in Reading Order
The The Ender Saga audiobook series runs 5 books in reading order, narrated by 7 narrators, about 73 hours total in our catalog. We cover 5 The Ender Saga audiobooks with live pages here, in the retailer's reading order, carrying 694 listener ratings between them. Back to back at an hour a day that is about 73 days of listening. Per-book length, rating and narrator are below, with a finish-time calculator for the whole series.
The reading order
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
11.3 hrs · about 12 days at an hour a day · narrated by Harlan Ellison.
Start listening free →Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
14.2 hrs · about 15 days at an hour a day · narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Start listening free →Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
20.2 hrs · about 21 days at an hour a day · narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.
Start listening free →Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
13.5 hrs · about 14 days at an hour a day · narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.
Start listening free →Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
13.7 hrs · about 14 days at an hour a day · narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
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The instrumentHow long to finish the whole series?
Based on 73 hours across all 5 books.
| Your pace | You'll finish all 5 in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 146 days |
| 1 hour / day | 73 days |
| 2 hours / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 49 days |
You'll finish all 5 in–by –
What our data says about the series
- 7 narrators across the 5 books: Harlan Ellison, Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Gabrielle De Cuir, and 3 more.
- Longest: Xenocide (20.2 hrs). Shortest: Ender's Game (11.3 hrs).
How this reading order is sourced
Reading order and series membership come from the audiobooks.com catalog, confirmed against each book's author on its own product page (we never guess). We list the 5 books this series carries with live pages in our catalog, positions 1 to 5, in order. Total listening time sums our per-book hours. Dataset build 2026-10-05; the list recomputes with every data refresh. Full methodology · All science fiction audiobooks we measured
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
What order should I listen to the The Ender Saga audiobooks in?
In reading order: 1. Ender's Game; 2. Speaker for the Dead; 3. Xenocide; 4. Children of the Mind; 5. Ender in Exile.
How long are all the The Ender Saga audiobooks together?
The 5 books we cover total about 73 hours. At an hour a day that is roughly 73 days; at 1.5× speed about 49 hours.
Who narrates the The Ender Saga audiobooks?
Across the 5 books: Harlan Ellison, Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Gabrielle De Cuir, Amanda Karr, Scott Brick, John Rubinstein.
Is the The Ender Saga audiobook series free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.