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The Beast by Brendan Reichs, Ally Condie

The Beast: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Darkdeep series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beast runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Crouch and Emily Bauer (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Beast at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Beast is book 2 of Brendan Reichs's Darkdeep series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Crouch and Emily Bauer, released November 14, 2019, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Crouch, Emily Bauer
Released
November 14, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy
Series
The Darkdeep #2
ISBN
9781547605521

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Beast as an audiobook?

The Beast runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Beast free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Beast?

The Beast is narrated by Michael Crouch and Emily Bauer.