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Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) by Philip Reeve

Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1): Audiobook

Book 1 of the Mortal Engines series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Barnaby Edwards (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormalstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Mortal Engines

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 44.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)9 hrs
2Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines, Book 2)9.6 hrs
3Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines, Book 3)10 hrs
4A Darkling Plain (Mortal Engines, Book 4)15.5 hrs

About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf

1,070 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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

Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) is book 1 of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Barnaby Edwards, released October 31, 2017, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal and Action & Adventure (Teen & YA) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Barnaby Edwards
Released
October 31, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal, Action & Adventure (Teen & YA)
Series
Mortal Engines #1
ISBN
9781338214321

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) audiobook?

Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is the Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) audiobook free?

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Who narrates Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)?

Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1) is narrated by Barnaby Edwards.