A Boy Called Bat: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bat series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Boy Called Bat runs 2.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2.5 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Bat Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 12.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Boy Called Bat | 2.5 hrs |
| 2 | Bat and the Waiting Game | 2.5 hrs |
| 3 | Bat and the End of Everything | 2.7 hrs |
| 4 | Bat and the Business of Ferrets | 2.6 hrs |
| 5 | Bat and the Case of the Yips | 2.5 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
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- The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People
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About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
530 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Boy Called Bat is book 1 of Elana K. Arnold's Bat series: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released March 14, 2017, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- March 14, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Bat Series #1
- ISBN
- 9780062661647
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Boy Called Bat as an audiobook?
A Boy Called Bat runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is A Boy Called Bat free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Boy Called Bat?
A Boy Called Bat is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.