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Forbidden by Tosca Lee, Ted Dekker

Forbidden: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Books of Mortals series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forbidden audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Henry Leyva (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Forbidden at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Books of Mortals

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 37 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Forbidden11.5 hrs
2Mortal13.5 hrs
3Sovereign12 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

2,471 Suspense 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 Tosca Lee's Books of Mortals series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Henry Leyva, released September 13, 2011, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Henry Leyva
Released
September 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
The Books of Mortals #1
ISBN
9781611139112

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Forbidden audiobook?

Forbidden runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 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 Henry Leyva.

Is Forbidden worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.