Forbidden City: Audiobook
Book 3 of the City Spies series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forbidden City audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Flanagan (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on City Spies
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 14.6 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 52.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Spies | 6.9 hrs |
| 2 | Golden Gate | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Forbidden City | 7.9 hrs |
| 4 | City of the Dead | 7.3 hrs |
| 5 | Mission Manhattan | 8.6 hrs |
| 6 | London Calling | 7.1 hrs |
| 7 | Europa | 6.7 hrs |
More narrated by Lisa Flanagan
Lisa Flanagan narrates 277 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,805 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,109 Mystery & 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
Forbidden City is book 3 of James Ponti's City Spies series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Flanagan, released February 1, 2022, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisa Flanagan
- Released
- February 1, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- City Spies #3
- ISBN
- 9781797138176
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forbidden City audiobook?
Forbidden City runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Forbidden City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forbidden City?
Forbidden City is narrated by Lisa Flanagan.