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Smoke Signals by Danielle Brooks

Smoke Signals: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Fire Company 143 series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Smoke Signals audiobook runs 4.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ember Bell and Jamal Roque (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.4listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Smoke Signals at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Fire Company 143

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 12.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Smoke Signals4.4 hrs
2Through the Fire8.1 hrs

About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

252 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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

Smoke Signals is book 1 of Danielle Brooks's Fire Company 143 series: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ember Bell and Jamal Roque, released July 20, 2026, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Romance shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.4 hrs
Narrated by
Ember Bell, Jamal Roque
Released
July 20, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices, Romance
Series
Fire Company 143 #1
ISBN
9798331940263

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Smoke Signals audiobook?

Smoke Signals runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.

Is the Smoke Signals audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Smoke Signals?

Smoke Signals is narrated by Ember Bell and Jamal Roque.