Bad Magic: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bad Books series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Magic audiobook runs 6.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joshua Swanson (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Bad Books
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 21 hours in all.
More narrated by Joshua Swanson
Joshua Swanson narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 445 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,169 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Magic is book 1 of Pseudonymous Bosch's Bad Books series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joshua Swanson, released September 16, 2014, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Animals & Nature (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joshua Swanson
- Released
- September 16, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Animals & Nature (Kids)
- Series
- The Bad Books #1
- ISBN
- 9781478955559
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad Magic audiobook?
Bad Magic runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is the Bad Magic audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad Magic?
Bad Magic is narrated by Joshua Swanson.