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The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 by Skyla Raines

The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Darkness Within series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Liam DiCosimo and Zachary Zaba (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Mysterystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 7,690 Mystery 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 Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 is book 1 of Skyla Raines's Darkness Within series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Liam DiCosimo and Zachary Zaba, released November 18, 2025, on the Mystery shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Liam DiCosimo, Zachary Zaba
Released
November 18, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery
Series
The Darkness Within #1
ISBN
9798347022083

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 as an audiobook?

The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1?

The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 is narrated by Liam DiCosimo and Zachary Zaba.

Is The Beautiful Dead: The Darkness Within, Book 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.