Before Crown and Kingdom: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Between Ink and Shadows series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before Crown and Kingdom audiobook runs 5.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Mary Jane Wells (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Between Ink and Shadows
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 16.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Between Ink and Shadows | 6.4 hrs |
| 2 | Before Crown and Kingdom | 5.7 hrs |
| 3 | Beneath Stone and Sacrifice | 4.7 hrs |
More narrated by Mary Jane Wells
Mary Jane Wells narrates 144 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,259 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
197 Epic 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
Before Crown and Kingdom is book 2 of Melissa Wright's Between Ink and Shadows series: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mary Jane Wells, released November 14, 2022, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mary Jane Wells
- Released
- November 14, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Between Ink and Shadows #2
- ISBN
- 9798822648555
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before Crown and Kingdom audiobook?
Before Crown and Kingdom runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is the Before Crown and Kingdom audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before Crown and Kingdom?
Before Crown and Kingdom is narrated by Mary Jane Wells.