Forbidden: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Old West series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forbidden audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Kim Staunton (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Old West
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forbidden | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | Breathless | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Kim Staunton
Kim Staunton narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 499 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,962 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
Forbidden is book 1 of Beverly Jenkins's Old West series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kim Staunton, released January 26, 2016, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kim Staunton
- Released
- January 26, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices, Literary Fiction
- Series
- Old West #1
- ISBN
- 9780062448811
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forbidden audiobook?
Forbidden runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Forbidden audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forbidden?
Forbidden is narrated by Kim Staunton.