Dear Reader: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Devil's Backbone series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dear Reader audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Corvin King and James Joseph and others (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Devil's Backbone
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear Reader | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | Watch Your Back | 11.2 hrs |
| 3 | You're Next | 10.5 hrs |
More narrated by Corvin King
Corvin King narrates 103 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,186 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,104 Mystery 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
Dear Reader is book 1 of Tate James's Devil's Backbone series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Corvin King, James Joseph and Lilly Drake and others, released May 20, 2025, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Corvin King, James Joseph, Lilly Drake, Gregory Salinas, Michael Gallagher
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- Devil's Backbone #1
- ISBN
- 9798228519565
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dear Reader audiobook?
Dear Reader runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Dear Reader audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dear Reader?
Dear Reader is narrated by Corvin King, James Joseph, Lilly Drake and Gregory Salinas and others.
Is Dear Reader worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.