The Beast: Audiobook
Book 14 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beast runs 18.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Frangione (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jim Frangione
Jim Frangione narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,387 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
636 Fantasy 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 Beast is book 14 of J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series: a 18.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Frangione, released April 5, 2016, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Frangione
- Released
- April 5, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Black Dagger Brotherhood #14
- ISBN
- 9780147524584
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beast as an audiobook?
The Beast runs 18.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 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 Jim Frangione.
Is The Beast worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6 hours.