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A Discovery of Witches: Audiobook

As an audiobook, A Discovery of Witches runs an estimated 19.6 hours (about 13.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.6est. listening hrs
3.9★50 ratings
Romancegenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 19.6 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish A Discovery of Witches at common listening paces
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1 hour / day at 1.5×14 days

What our data says

  • At 19.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 98% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 136% longer than the average romance audiobook (8.3 hrs across 3596 titles in our dataset).

Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for romance listeners who want vampires and witches: a long-haul epic at 19.6 hours (estimated).

About the book

Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series, from the author of The Black Bird Oracle. Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on Netflix “A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight ” ( People ). Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches , has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782 , deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Discovery of Witches as an audiobook?

A Discovery of Witches runs about 19.6 hours, our estimate from its 664 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.1 hours.

Is A Discovery of Witches free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is A Discovery of Witches worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.1 hours, saving 6.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was A Discovery of Witches first published?

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness was first published in 2011.