In an Absent Dream: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Wayward Children series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In an Absent Dream audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Cynthia Hopkins (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5 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 5 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Wayward Children
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 12.9 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 48.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every Heart a Doorway | 4.8 hrs |
| 2 | Down Among the Sticks and Bones | 4 hrs |
| 3 | Beneath the Sugar Sky | 4.2 hrs |
| 4 | In an Absent Dream | 5 hrs |
| 5 | Come Tumbling Down | 3.9 hrs |
| 6 | Across the Green Grass Fields | 4.1 hrs |
| 7 | Where the Drowned Girls Go | 4.5 hrs |
| 8 | Lost in the Moment and Found | 4.9 hrs |
| 9 | Mislaid in Parts Half-Known | 4.7 hrs |
| 10 | Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | 4.1 hrs |
| 11 | Through Gates of Garnet and Gold | 4.6 hrs |
More narrated by Cynthia Hopkins
Cynthia Hopkins narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 79 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
665 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
In an Absent Dream is book 4 of Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Cynthia Hopkins, released January 8, 2019, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cynthia Hopkins
- Released
- January 8, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fantasy
- Series
- Wayward Children #4
- ISBN
- 9781250319036
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the In an Absent Dream audiobook?
In an Absent Dream runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is the In an Absent Dream audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates In an Absent Dream?
In an Absent Dream is narrated by Cynthia Hopkins.