classic fiction audiobook
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is about 61 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 40 hr 40 min, and at 2× to about 30 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× | 76 hr 15 min |
| 1× | 61 hr |
| 1.25× | 48 hr 48 min |
| 1.5× | 40 hr 40 min |
| 1.75× | 34 hr 51 min |
| 2× | 30 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 24 hr 24 min |
| 3× | 20 hr 20 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 61 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 41 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 55 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× | 244 | 122 | 82 | 61 | 41 | 31 |
| 1.25× | 196 | 98 | 66 | 49 | 33 | 25 |
| 1.5× | 163 | 82 | 55 | 41 | 28 | 21 |
| 2× | 122 | 61 | 41 | 31 | 21 | 16 |
How long, really
At 61 hr, War and Peace is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend. That's longer than about 99% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, War and Peace comes to roughly 567,000 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 War and Peace and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The War and Peace audiobook by Leo Tolstoy runs about 61 hours at normal (1x) speed. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, War and Peace takes about 40 hours and 40 minutes. At 2x it takes about 30 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, War and Peace takes about 61 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 41 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 122 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, War and Peace is longer than about 99% of them. At 61 hr it is multiple full days of non-stop listening, closer to a week of commutes than a weekend.
