Forbidden: Audiobook
Book 1 of the World of Nightwalkers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forbidden audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Xe Sands (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on World of Nightwalkers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 46.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forbidden | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | Forever: The World of Nightwalkers | 9 hrs |
| 3 | Forsaken: The World of Nightwalkers | 9.6 hrs |
| 4 | Forged: The World of Nightwalkers | 9.1 hrs |
| 5 | Nightwalker | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,310 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Iron Flame (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 2
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- Onyx Storm (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 3
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 Jacquelyn Frank's World of Nightwalkers series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released October 30, 2012, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
- Released
- October 30, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- World of Nightwalkers #1
- ISBN
- 9781452678719
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forbidden audiobook?
Forbidden runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 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 Xe Sands.