The Blacktongue Thief: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Blacktongue series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Blacktongue Thief runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Buehlman (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Blacktongue
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 26 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blacktongue Thief | 12.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Daughters' War | 13.2 hrs |
About as long, on the Horror shelf
491 Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
- Cell
- Misery
- Relic
- The Exorcist
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 Blacktongue Thief is book 1 of Christopher Buehlman's Blacktongue series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Buehlman, released May 25, 2021, on the Horror and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Buehlman
- Released
- May 25, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Horror, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Blacktongue #1
- ISBN
- 9781250807830
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Blacktongue Thief as an audiobook?
The Blacktongue Thief runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Blacktongue Thief free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Blacktongue Thief?
The Blacktongue Thief is narrated by Christopher Buehlman.
Is The Blacktongue Thief worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.