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Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 by Virginia Ripple

Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Malkins & Mages series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Finch (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Religious Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Malkins & Mages

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 17.7 hrs
2Journeyman Cat8.7 hrs
3Master Cat8.8 hrs

About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf

1,163 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

Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 is book 1 of Virginia Ripple's Malkins & Mages series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Finch, released April 25, 2023, on the Religious Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Matthew Finch
Released
April 25, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Religious Fiction
Series
Malkins & Mages #1
ISBN
9798368982977

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 audiobook?

Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is the Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1?

Apprentice Cat: Toby's Tale Book 1 is narrated by Matthew Finch.