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Flightless Afternoon by Vanessa Nelson

Flightless Afternoon: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Ageless Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Flightless Afternoon audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jessica Whittaker (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Flightless Afternoon 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ageless Mysteries

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 37.2 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 55.7 hours in all.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,682 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

Flightless Afternoon is book 5 of Vanessa Nelson's Ageless Mysteries series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jessica Whittaker, released September 30, 2025, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Jessica Whittaker
Released
September 30, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
Ageless Mysteries #5
ISBN
9798350886863

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Flightless Afternoon audiobook?

Flightless Afternoon runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the Flightless Afternoon audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Flightless Afternoon?

Flightless Afternoon is narrated by Jessica Whittaker.