Better in Black: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Better in Black audiobook runs 14.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Marwan Salama and Ellie Gossage and others (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 17,065 Teen & YA audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Marwan Salama
Marwan Salama narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 232 hours in all.
About as long, on the Teen & YA shelf
882 Teen & YA 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
Better in Black is an audiobook by Cassandra Clare: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Marwan Salama, Ellie Gossage and Will Watt and others, released March 23, 2026, on the Teen & YA shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marwan Salama, Ellie Gossage, Will Watt, Elizabeth Knowelden, Sneha Mathan
- Released
- March 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Teen & YA
- ISBN
- 9781004243204
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Better in Black audiobook?
Better in Black runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is the Better in Black audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Better in Black?
Better in Black is narrated by Marwan Salama, Ellie Gossage, Will Watt and Elizabeth Knowelden and others.
Is Better in Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.