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The Chosen by J.R. Ward

The Chosen: Audiobook

Book 15 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chosen runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Frangione (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Paranormalstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Chosen at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 3,038 Paranormal 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 Paranormal shelf

102 Paranormal 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 Chosen is book 15 of J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Frangione, released April 4, 2017, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Jim Frangione
Released
April 4, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romantasy (Romance), Paranormal, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Series
Black Dagger Brotherhood #15
ISBN
9781524756437

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Chosen as an audiobook?

The Chosen runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.

Is The Chosen free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Chosen?

The Chosen is narrated by Jim Frangione.

Is The Chosen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.