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Bound by Benedict Jacka

Bound: Audiobook

Book 8 of the Alex Verus series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bound audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bound at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Alex Verus

This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 75.1 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 131 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Fated11 hrs
2Cursed10.1 hrs
3Taken10.1 hrs
4Chosen10.4 hrs
5Hidden10.9 hrs
6Veiled10.8 hrs
7Burned11.8 hrs
8Bound11.8 hrs
9Marked10.8 hrs
10Fallen11 hrs
11Forged10.3 hrs
12Risen12 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,764 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

Bound is book 8 of Benedict Jacka's Alex Verus series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released April 25, 2017, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Gildart Jackson
Released
April 25, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Alex Verus #8
ISBN
9781515978114

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bound audiobook?

Bound runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the Bound audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Bound?

Bound is narrated by Gildart Jackson.

Is Bound worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.