The Accidental Apprentice: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Wilderlore series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accidental Apprentice runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steve West (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.7 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Wilderlore
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 59.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Accidental Apprentice | 6.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Weeping Tide | 8.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Ever Storms | 9.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Night Compass | 15.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Traitor's Gambit | 19 hrs |
More narrated by Steve West
Steve West narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,042 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,085 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Wrinkle in Time
- The City of Ember: The First Book of Ember
- Woof: A Bowser and Birdie Novel
- Artemis Fowl
- The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire #12)
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
The Accidental Apprentice is book 1 of Amanda Foody's Wilderlore series: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West, released March 30, 2021, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Animals & Nature (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve West
- Released
- March 30, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Animals & Nature (Kids)
- Series
- Wilderlore #1
- ISBN
- 9781797121628
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Accidental Apprentice as an audiobook?
The Accidental Apprentice runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is The Accidental Apprentice free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Accidental Apprentice?
The Accidental Apprentice is narrated by Steve West.