Gustav Gloom and the People Taker: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Gustav Gloom series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Gustav Gloom and the People Taker audiobook runs 4.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jesse Vilinsky (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gustav Gloom
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 30.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustav Gloom and the People Taker | 4.7 hrs |
| 2 | Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault | 5.1 hrs |
| 3 | Gustav Gloom and the Four Terrors | 5 hrs |
| 4 | Gustav Gloom and the Cryptic Carousel | 5.2 hrs |
| 5 | Gustav Gloom and the Inn of Shadows | 5 hrs |
| 6 | Gustav Gloom and the Castle of Fear | 5.7 hrs |
More narrated by Jesse Vilinsky
Jesse Vilinsky narrates 396 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,038 hours in all.
- Local Woman Missing
- After We Were Stolen
- Better Than the Movies
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
- The Queen of Cursed Things
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,061 Non-fiction (Kids) 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
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker is book 1 of Adam-Troy Castro's Gustav Gloom series: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse Vilinsky, released November 19, 2019, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jesse Vilinsky
- Released
- November 19, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Gustav Gloom #1
- ISBN
- 9781541433311
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Gustav Gloom and the People Taker audiobook?
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is the Gustav Gloom and the People Taker audiobook free?
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Who narrates Gustav Gloom and the People Taker?
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker is narrated by Jesse Vilinsky.