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A Drop of Magic by L.R. Braden

A Drop of Magic: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Magicsmith series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Drop of Magic runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Heather Costa (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.1listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Drop of Magic at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Magicsmith

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Drop of Magic8.1 hrs
2Courting Darkness9.3 hrs
3Faerie Forged9.1 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,696 Fantasy 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 Drop of Magic is book 1 of L.R. Braden's Magicsmith series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Costa, released June 3, 2020, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.1 hrs
Narrated by
Heather Costa
Released
June 3, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Magicsmith #1
ISBN
9781705242841

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Drop of Magic as an audiobook?

A Drop of Magic runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is A Drop of Magic free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Drop of Magic?

A Drop of Magic is narrated by Heather Costa.