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Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

Dark Eden: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Dark Eden series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Eden audiobook runs 15.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Various (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Eden at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.2 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Dark Eden

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 30.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Dark Eden15.2 hrs
2Mother of Eden15.6 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,028 Literary Fiction 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 Eden is book 1 of Chris Beckett's Dark Eden series: a 15.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Various, released April 1, 2014, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.2 hrs
Narrated by
Various
Released
April 1, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
Series
Dark Eden #1
ISBN
9780804190572

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Eden audiobook?

Dark Eden runs 15.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.

Is the Dark Eden audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Eden?

Dark Eden is narrated by Various.

Is Dark Eden worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5.1 hours.