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Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper

Darkness Before Dawn: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darkness Before Dawn audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
Romance (Teen & YA)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Darkness Before Dawn at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 4,186 Romance (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Romance (Teen & YA) shelf

816 Romance (Teen & YA) 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

Darkness Before Dawn is an audiobook by Sharon M. Draper: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson, released August 22, 2008, on the Romance (Teen & YA) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.8 hrs
Narrated by
Sisi Aisha Johnson
Released
August 22, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA)
ISBN
9781436169509

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Darkness Before Dawn audiobook?

Darkness Before Dawn runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the Darkness Before Dawn audiobook free?

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Who narrates Darkness Before Dawn?

Darkness Before Dawn is narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson.