Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dead Things series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things audiobook runs 18.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dead Things
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 38.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things | 18.2 hrs |
| 2 | Dark Dreams and Dead Things | 20.1 hrs |
More narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz
Kristin Watson Heintz narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 444 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
190 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & 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
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is book 1 of Martina McAtee's Dead Things series: a 18.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Watson Heintz, released March 20, 2018, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin Watson Heintz
- Released
- March 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- Series
- Dead Things #1
- ISBN
- 9781977375841
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things audiobook?
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things runs 18.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.
Is the Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things?
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz.
Is Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6.1 hours.