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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss narrated by Nick Podehl is about 27 hours and 55 minutes long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 18 hr 37 min, and at 2× to about 13 hr 58 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× | 34 hr 54 min |
| 1× | 27 hr 55 min |
| 1.25× | 22 hr 20 min |
| 1.5× | 18 hr 37 min |
| 1.75× | 15 hr 57 min |
| 2× | 13 hr 58 min |
| 2.5× | 11 hr 10 min |
| 3× | 9 hr 18 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 28 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 19 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 25 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× | 112 | 56 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 14 |
| 1.25× | 90 | 45 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 12 |
| 1.5× | 75 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
| 2× | 56 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
How long, really
At 27 hr 55 min, The Name of the Wind is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver. That's longer than about 91% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, The Name of the Wind comes to roughly 260,000 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 Name of the Wind and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The The Name of the Wind audiobook by Patrick Rothfuss runs about 27 hours and 55 minutes at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Nick Podehl. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, The Name of the Wind takes about 18 hours and 37 minutes. At 2x it takes about 13 hours and 58 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, The Name of the Wind takes about 28 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 19 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 56 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, The Name of the Wind is longer than about 91% of them. At 27 hr 55 min it is roughly a full day of non-stop listening, a road trip from Seattle to Denver.
