Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare audiobook runs 5.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Ralph Lister (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.6 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 12 run 58.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare | 5.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Vampire’s Assistant | 5.1 hrs |
| 3 | Tunnels of Blood | 4.8 hrs |
| 4 | Vampire Mountain | 4.2 hrs |
| 5 | Trials of Death | 4.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Vampire Prince | 4.6 hrs |
| 7 | Hunters of the Dusk | 4.8 hrs |
| 8 | Allies of the Night | 4.6 hrs |
| 9 | Killers of the Dawn | 4.5 hrs |
| 10 | The Lake of Souls | 6.2 hrs |
| 11 | Lord of the Shadows | 5 hrs |
| 12 | Sons of Destiny | 5.3 hrs |
More narrated by Ralph Lister
Ralph Lister narrates 202 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,460 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
851 Mystery & 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
Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare is book 1 of Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan series: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Lister, released September 1, 2013, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ralph Lister
- Released
- September 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781481597227
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare audiobook?
Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is the Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare audiobook free?
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Who narrates Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare?
Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare is narrated by Ralph Lister.