The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2): Audiobook
Book 2 of the Book of Dust series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) runs 19.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Sheen (about 13.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 19.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.8 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Book of Dust
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 55.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 210 hours in all.
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- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1)
- Good Omens: A Full Cast Production
- The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two: From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series
- BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Six Tragedies
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
128 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 Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) is book 2 of Philip Pullman's Book of Dust series: a 19.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Sheen, released October 3, 2019, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal and Action & Adventure (Teen & YA) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Sheen
- Released
- October 3, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal, Action & Adventure (Teen & YA)
- Series
- The Book of Dust #2
- ISBN
- 9780593105191
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) as an audiobook?
The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) runs 19.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.2 hours.
Is The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)?
The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) is narrated by Michael Sheen.
Is The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.2 hours, saving 6.6 hours.