Catacombs: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Academy of Ancients series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Catacombs audiobook runs 6.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jacq Ainsworth (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Academy of Ancients
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 11.2 hours in all.
More narrated by Jacq Ainsworth
Jacq Ainsworth narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 199 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
839 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 3
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
Catacombs is book 1 of Avery Cross's Academy of Ancients series: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jacq Ainsworth, released November 9, 2020, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jacq Ainsworth
- Released
- November 9, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance)
- Series
- Academy of Ancients #1
- ISBN
- 9798368967554
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Catacombs audiobook?
Catacombs runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is the Catacombs audiobook free?
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Who narrates Catacombs?
Catacombs is narrated by Jacq Ainsworth.