Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Inkbound series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sarah Ovens (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sarah Ovens
Sarah Ovens narrates 103 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 731 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
983 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Refugee
- The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire #2)
- The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1)
- The Graveyard Book
- The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3)
Other recordings
- The 2026 recording read by Ell Potter runs 0.2 hours longer (7.7 hours).
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
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass is book 2 of Philippa Leathley's Inkbound series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Ovens, released January 29, 2026, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Ovens
- Released
- January 29, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Inkbound #2
- ISBN
- 9780008661007
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass audiobook?
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass?
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass is narrated by Sarah Ovens.