Bad Idea: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bad Idea series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Idea audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Devereux and Sean Crisden (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bad Idea
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 37.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Idea | 12.3 hrs |
| 2 | Lost Ones | 12.5 hrs |
| 3 | True North | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Emily Devereux
Emily Devereux narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 244 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
1,622 Modern 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 Idea is book 1 of Nicole French's Bad Idea series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Devereux and Sean Crisden, released June 28, 2019, on the Modern and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emily Devereux, Sean Crisden
- Released
- June 28, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Fiction
- Series
- Bad Idea #1
- ISBN
- 9781977389305
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad Idea audiobook?
Bad Idea runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Bad Idea audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad Idea?
Bad Idea is narrated by Emily Devereux and Sean Crisden.
Is Bad Idea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.