The Ender Saga: Audiobooks in Reading Order
The The Ender Saga audiobook series runs 5 books in reading order, narrated by 7 narrators, about 62 hours total (estimated) 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 62 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
9.8 hrs est. · about 10 days at an hour a day · narrated by Harlan Ellison.
Listen free with the trial →Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
12.3 hrs est. · about 13 days at an hour a day · narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
Listen free with the trial →Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
16.8 hrs est. · about 17 days at an hour a day · narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.
Listen free with the trial →Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
11.4 hrs est. · about 12 days at an hour a day · narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.
Listen free with the trial →Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
11.8 hrs est. · about 12 days at an hour a day · narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.
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The instrumentHow long to finish the whole series?
Based on 62 hours across all 5 books (some estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish all 5 in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 124 days |
| 1 hour / day | 62 days |
| 2 hours / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 42 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 (16.8 hrs est.). Shortest: Ender's Game (9.8 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, some estimated from page counts at a typical narration pace. Dataset build 2026-07-24; the list recomputes with every data refresh. Full methodology · All science fiction audiobooks we measured
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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 62 hours (estimated for some). At an hour a day that is roughly 62 days; at 1.5× speed about 41 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.
Can I listen to the The Ender Saga series free?
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