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Pity the Ghoul by A.C. Hadfield

Pity the Ghoul: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Steve the Paladin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Pity the Ghoul audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by John Lee (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Pity the Ghoul at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Steve the Paladin

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 30.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,753 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

Pity the Ghoul is book 1 of A.C. Hadfield's Steve the Paladin series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released March 8, 2022, on the Fantasy and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
John Lee
Released
March 8, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Paranormal
Series
Steve the Paladin #1
ISBN
9781666159202

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Pity the Ghoul audiobook?

Pity the Ghoul runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Pity the Ghoul audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Pity the Ghoul?

Pity the Ghoul is narrated by John Lee.

Is Pity the Ghoul worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.