Blightborn: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Heartland series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blightborn audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Heartland Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 31.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under the Empyrean Sky | 7.6 hrs |
| 2 | Blightborn | 12.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Harvest | 11.1 hrs |
More narrated by Nick Podehl
Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.
- The Name of the Wind
- The Wise Man's Fear
- Black Hills
- This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It
- The Beginning of the End
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
978 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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
Blightborn is book 2 of Chuck Wendig's Heartland series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released July 29, 2014, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Podehl
- Released
- July 29, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- The Heartland Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9781491525555
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blightborn audiobook?
Blightborn runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Blightborn audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blightborn?
Blightborn is narrated by Nick Podehl.
Is Blightborn worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.