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The Black Witch by Laurie Forest

The Black Witch: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Black Witch Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Witch runs 18.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julia Whelan (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.2listening hrs
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormalstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Witch at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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

What our data says

  • At 18.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Black Witch Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 79.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Black Witch18.2 hrs
2The Iron Flower19.2 hrs
3The Shadow Wand19.8 hrs
4The Demon Tide22.6 hrs

More narrated by Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan narrates 408 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,883 hours in all.

All Julia Whelan audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf

191 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Black Witch is book 1 of Laurie Forest's Black Witch Chronicles series: a 18.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Whelan, released May 2, 2017, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.2 hrs
Narrated by
Julia Whelan
Released
May 2, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
Series
The Black Witch Chronicles #1
ISBN
9781488202896

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Witch as an audiobook?

The Black Witch runs 18.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.

Is The Black Witch free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Black Witch?

The Black Witch is narrated by Julia Whelan.

Is The Black Witch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6.1 hours.