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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is about 11 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 7 hr 20 min, and at 2× to about 5 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× | 13 hr 45 min |
| 1× | 11 hr |
| 1.25× | 8 hr 48 min |
| 1.5× | 7 hr 20 min |
| 1.75× | 6 hr 17 min |
| 2× | 5 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 4 hr 24 min |
| 3× | 3 hr 40 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 11 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 8 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 10 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× | 44 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| 1.25× | 36 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| 1.5× | 30 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 2× | 22 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
How long, really
At 11 hr, The Night Circus is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some. That's longer than about 40% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, The Night Circus comes to roughly 102,000 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 Night Circus and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The The Night Circus audiobook by Erin Morgenstern runs about 11 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, The Night Circus takes about 7 hours and 20 minutes. At 2x it takes about 5 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, The Night Circus takes about 11 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 8 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 22 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, The Night Circus is longer than about 40% of them. At 11 hr it is close to a full workday of listening, or a New York to London flight and then some.
