The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Black Beauty by Michael Morpurgo

Black Beauty: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Beauty audiobook runs 5.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Aoife Hinds (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.9listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Kids)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Black Beauty at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.9 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf

281 Animals & Nature (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

Black Beauty is an audiobook by Michael Morpurgo: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Aoife Hinds, released February 26, 2026, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.9 hrs
Narrated by
Aoife Hinds
Released
February 26, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Kids), Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Teen & YA
ISBN
9780008580698

How to listen to Black Beauty free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black Beauty audiobook?

Black Beauty runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the Black Beauty audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Black Beauty?

Black Beauty is narrated by Aoife Hinds.