Dark Alchemy: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dark Alchemy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Alchemy audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Nicol Zanzarella (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dark Alchemy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Alchemy | 10.2 hrs |
| 2 | Mercury Retrograde: A Dark Alchemy Novel | 9.4 hrs |
More narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
Nicol Zanzarella narrates 237 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,369 hours in all.
- The Last Time I Lied
- Ruthless Game
- Those Girls
- The Woman Inside
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,949 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
Dark Alchemy is book 1 of Laura Bickle's Dark Alchemy series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicol Zanzarella, released February 26, 2019, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicol Zanzarella
- Released
- February 26, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Dark Alchemy #1
- ISBN
- 9780062936493
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Alchemy audiobook?
Dark Alchemy runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Dark Alchemy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dark Alchemy?
Dark Alchemy is narrated by Nicol Zanzarella.
Is Dark Alchemy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.