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Strange Magic by Syd Moore

Strange Magic: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Essex Witch Museum series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Strange Magic audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Barrie (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Paranormalstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Strange Magic at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Essex Witch Museum

This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 61.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Strange Magic12.4 hrs
2Strange Sight11.6 hrs
3Strange Fascination13 hrs
4The Strange Casebook2.8 hrs
5Strange Tombs11.6 hrs
6Strange Tricks10.3 hrs

About as long, on the Paranormal shelf

1,045 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

Strange Magic is book 1 of Syd Moore's Essex Witch Museum series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Barrie, released August 31, 2013, on the Paranormal shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Julia Barrie
Released
August 31, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Paranormal
Series
Essex Witch Museum #1
ISBN
9781445067773

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Strange Magic audiobook?

Strange Magic runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Strange Magic audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Strange Magic?

Strange Magic is narrated by Julia Barrie.

Is Strange Magic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.