Abiding Darkness: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Black or White Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Abiding Darkness audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lillian Thayer (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Black or White Chronicles
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 32.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abiding Darkness | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | Wedgewood Grey | 11.1 hrs |
| 3 | And If I Die | 10.2 hrs |
More narrated by Lillian Thayer
Lillian Thayer narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 281 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,668 Religious Fiction 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
Abiding Darkness is book 1 of John Aubrey Anderson's Black or White Chronicles series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lillian Thayer, released January 1, 2006, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lillian Thayer
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- The Black or White Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781482172089
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Abiding Darkness audiobook?
Abiding Darkness runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Abiding Darkness audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Abiding Darkness?
Abiding Darkness is narrated by Lillian Thayer.
Is Abiding Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.