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Burning Bright by Melissa McShane

Burning Bright: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Extraordinaries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Burning Bright audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Cat Gould (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Paranormalstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Burning Bright at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Extraordinaries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 36.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Burning Bright12.9 hrs
2Wondering Sight11.3 hrs
3Abounding Might12.2 hrs

About as long, on the Paranormal shelf

907 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

Burning Bright is book 1 of Melissa McShane's Extraordinaries series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Cat Gould, released November 15, 2016, on the Paranormal and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Cat Gould
Released
November 15, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Paranormal, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Extraordinaries #1
ISBN
9781515984306

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Burning Bright audiobook?

Burning Bright runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Burning Bright audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Burning Bright?

Burning Bright is narrated by Cat Gould.

Is Burning Bright worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.