Bat and the Waiting Game: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Bat series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bat and the Waiting Game audiobook runs 2.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.5 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Bat Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 2.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 12.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Boy Called Bat | 2.5 hrs |
| 2 | Bat and the Waiting Game | 2.5 hrs |
| 3 | Bat and the End of Everything | 2.7 hrs |
| 4 | Bat and the Business of Ferrets | 2.6 hrs |
| 5 | Bat and the Case of the Yips | 2.5 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
560 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
Bat and the Waiting Game is book 2 of Elana K. Arnold's Bat series: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released March 24, 2020, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- March 24, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Bat Series #2
- ISBN
- 9780062997227
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bat and the Waiting Game audiobook?
Bat and the Waiting Game runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is the Bat and the Waiting Game audiobook free?
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Who narrates Bat and the Waiting Game?
Bat and the Waiting Game is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.