Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Disney Villains series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Lucy Rayner (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 1,014 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Disney Villains
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 19.4 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 68.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairest of All | 4.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Beast Within | 4.1 hrs |
| 3 | Poor Unfortunate Soul | 3.9 hrs |
| 4 | Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy | 6.5 hrs |
| 5 | Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch | 8 hrs |
| 6 | The Odd Sisters: A Tale of the Three Witches | 4.6 hrs |
| 7 | Evil Thing-Villains, Book 7 | 7.4 hrs |
| 8 | Cold Hearted-Villains, Book 8 | 5.1 hrs |
| 9 | Never Never-Villains, Book 9 | 4.9 hrs |
| 10 | Fire and Fate | 4.1 hrs |
| 11 | Kill the Beast | 8.6 hrs |
| 12 | Heartbroken | 6.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lucy Rayner
Lucy Rayner narrates 166 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,640 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf
152 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Mysterious Daughter
- The Thief
- The Darkest Part of the Forest
- Blue Moon: The Immortals
- Don't Let the Forest In
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
Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch is book 5 of Serena Valentino's Disney Villains series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Rayner, released July 15, 2025, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lucy Rayner
- Released
- July 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
- Series
- Disney Villains #5
- ISBN
- 9798217291595
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch audiobook?
Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch audiobook free?
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Who narrates Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch?
Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch is narrated by Lucy Rayner.