The Beloved: Audiobook
Book 22 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beloved runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Frangione (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 2,854 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jim Frangione
Jim Frangione narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 888 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
417 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Beloved is book 22 of J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Frangione, released April 9, 2024, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Frangione
- Released
- April 9, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Black Dagger Brotherhood #22
- ISBN
- 9781797168548
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beloved as an audiobook?
The Beloved runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Beloved free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beloved?
The Beloved is narrated by Jim Frangione.
Is The Beloved worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.