Bad Beginnings: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shady Spirits series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Beginnings audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Eleanor Caudill (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Eleanor Caudill
Eleanor Caudill narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 557 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,774 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
Bad Beginnings is book 1 of Jen Bair's Shady Spirits series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Eleanor Caudill, released June 15, 2026, on the Fantasy and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eleanor Caudill
- Released
- June 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Paranormal
- Series
- Shady Spirits #1
- ISBN
- 9781967236152
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad Beginnings audiobook?
Bad Beginnings runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Bad Beginnings audiobook free?
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Who narrates Bad Beginnings?
Bad Beginnings is narrated by Eleanor Caudill.