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The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading is about 29 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 19 hr 20 min, and at 2× to about 14 hr 30 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× | 36 hr 15 min |
| 1× | 29 hr |
| 1.25× | 23 hr 12 min |
| 1.5× | 19 hr 20 min |
| 1.75× | 16 hr 34 min |
| 2× | 14 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 11 hr 36 min |
| 3× | 9 hr 40 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 29 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 20 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 26 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× | 116 | 58 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 15 |
| 1.25× | 93 | 47 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 12 |
| 1.5× | 78 | 39 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 10 |
| 2× | 58 | 29 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
How long, really
At 29 hr, The Eye of the World is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver. That's longer than about 92% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, The Eye of the World comes to roughly 270,000 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 The Eye of the World and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The The Eye of the World audiobook by Robert Jordan runs about 29 hours at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, The Eye of the World takes about 19 hours and 20 minutes. At 2x it takes about 14 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, The Eye of the World takes about 29 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 20 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 58 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, The Eye of the World is longer than about 92% of them. At 29 hr it is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver.
