Book of Forbidden Words: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Book of Forbidden Words audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Ell Potter and Emma Fenney and others (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ell Potter
Ell Potter narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 947 hours in all.
- Hamnet
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
- Beyond That, the Sea
- Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
- Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,227 Historical (Fiction) 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
Book of Forbidden Words is an audiobook by Louise Fein: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ell Potter, Emma Fenney and Fiona Hardingham, released February 17, 2026, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ell Potter, Emma Fenney, Fiona Hardingham
- Released
- February 17, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Drama
- ISBN
- 9780063411449
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Book of Forbidden Words audiobook?
Book of Forbidden Words runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is the Book of Forbidden Words audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Book of Forbidden Words?
Book of Forbidden Words is narrated by Ell Potter, Emma Fenney and Fiona Hardingham.
Is Book of Forbidden Words worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.