A Dream So Dark: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Nightmare-Verse series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dream So Dark runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Barnes and Jeanette Illidge and others (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Nightmare-Verse
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 37 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Blade So Black | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | A Dream So Dark | 12.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Crown So Cursed | 13.6 hrs |
More narrated by Jeanette Illidge
Jeanette Illidge narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 794 hours in all.
- American Ghoul
- The Prison Healer
- Our Vicious Oaths
- How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories
- The Gilded Cage
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
1,126 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Dream So Dark is book 2 of L.L. Mckinney's Nightmare-Verse series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Barnes, Jeanette Illidge and Jacob York, released September 24, 2019, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Barnes, Jeanette Illidge, Jacob York
- Released
- September 24, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Nightmare-Verse #2
- ISBN
- 9781250232922
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dream So Dark as an audiobook?
A Dream So Dark runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is A Dream So Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dream So Dark?
A Dream So Dark is narrated by Matthew Barnes, Jeanette Illidge and Jacob York.
Is A Dream So Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.