The Beginning: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Berlin Gothic series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginning runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mikael Naramore (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Berlin Gothic
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 29.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning | 13.6 hrs |
| 2 | Doomed City | 16.1 hrs |
More narrated by Mikael Naramore
Mikael Naramore narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 678 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,462 Police & Detective 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 Beginning is book 1 of Jonas Winner's Berlin Gothic series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Mikael Naramore, released August 27, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mikael Naramore
- Released
- August 27, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Berlin Gothic #1
- ISBN
- 9781480531666
How to listen to The Beginning free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beginning as an audiobook?
The Beginning runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Beginning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beginning?
The Beginning is narrated by Mikael Naramore.
Is The Beginning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.