science fiction audiobook
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline narrated by Wil Wheaton is about 15 hours and 46 minutes long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 10 hr 31 min, and at 2× to about 7 hr 53 min.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 19 hr 43 min |
| 1× | 15 hr 46 min |
| 1.25× | 12 hr 37 min |
| 1.5× | 10 hr 31 min |
| 1.75× | 9 hr 1 min |
| 2× | 7 hr 53 min |
| 2.5× | 6 hr 18 min |
| 3× | 5 hr 15 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 16 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 11 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 15 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 64 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| 1.25× | 51 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| 1.5× | 43 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| 2× | 32 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
How long, really
At 15 hr 46 min, Ready Player One is about the length of a drive from Chicago to Washington, D.C. and back. That's longer than about 70% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, Ready Player One comes to roughly 147,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through Ready Player One and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The Ready Player One audiobook by Ernest Cline runs about 15 hours and 46 minutes at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Wil Wheaton. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, Ready Player One takes about 10 hours and 31 minutes. At 2x it takes about 7 hours and 53 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, Ready Player One takes about 16 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 11 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 32 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, Ready Player One is longer than about 70% of them. At 15 hr 46 min it is about the length of a drive from Chicago to Washington, D.C. and back.
