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A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

A Morbid Taste for Bones: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Morbid Taste for Bones runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Tull (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

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30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 2,835 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Patrick Tull

Patrick Tull narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 143 hours in all.

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  • Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne · 6.8 hrs
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  • The Far Side of the WorldPatrick O'brian · 14.6 hrs
  • 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack AubreyPatrick O'Brian · 2.6 hrs

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Morbid Taste for Bones is book 1 of Ellis Peters's Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Tull, released December 11, 2009, on the Cozy Mystery and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Patrick Tull
Released
December 11, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Cozy Mystery, Classics (Literature)
Series
Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1
ISBN
9781440788741

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Morbid Taste for Bones as an audiobook?

A Morbid Taste for Bones runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is A Morbid Taste for Bones free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Morbid Taste for Bones?

A Morbid Taste for Bones is narrated by Patrick Tull.