The Alchemist’s Secret: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ben Hope series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Alchemist’s Secret runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Rycroft (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Rycroft
Will Rycroft narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 49 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,128 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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
The Alchemist’s Secret is book 1 of Scott Mariani's Ben Hope series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Rycroft, released October 30, 2014, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Rycroft
- Released
- October 30, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Ben Hope #1
- ISBN
- 9780007596058
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Alchemist’s Secret as an audiobook?
The Alchemist’s Secret runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Alchemist’s Secret free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Alchemist’s Secret?
The Alchemist’s Secret is narrated by Will Rycroft.
Is The Alchemist’s Secret worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.