Balthazar: The Spare: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hale series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Balthazar: The Spare audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Clare Staniforth (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hale Saga
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balthazar: The Spare | 11.6 hrs |
| 2 | Io: The Shrew | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Clare Staniforth
Clare Staniforth narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 265 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,044 Historical (Romance) 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
Balthazar: The Spare is book 1 of S.M. LaViolette's Hale series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Clare Staniforth, released November 26, 2024, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clare Staniforth
- Released
- November 26, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Hale Saga #1
- ISBN
- 9798855589047
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Balthazar: The Spare audiobook?
Balthazar: The Spare runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Balthazar: The Spare audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Balthazar: The Spare?
Balthazar: The Spare is narrated by Clare Staniforth.
Is Balthazar: The Spare worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.