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Boy or Beast by Bob Balaban

Boy or Beast: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Creature from the 7th Grade series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Boy or Beast audiobook runs 3.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Bob Balaban (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.9listening hrs
Humorstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Boy or Beast at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.9 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 4,124 Humor audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Boy or Beast is book 1 of Bob Balaban's Creature from the 7th Grade series: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bob Balaban, released September 13, 2012, on the Humor shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.9 hrs
Narrated by
Bob Balaban
Released
September 13, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Humor
Series
Creature from the 7th Grade #1
ISBN
9781101577684

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Boy or Beast audiobook?

Boy or Beast runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.

Is the Boy or Beast audiobook free?

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Who narrates Boy or Beast?

Boy or Beast is narrated by Bob Balaban.