The Curse of the Ancient Emerald: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Hardy Boys Adventures series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Curse of the Ancient Emerald runs 2.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Gregory (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.9 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hardy Boys Adventures
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 25 hours before it; books 1 to 23 run 77.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secret of the Red Arrow | 3.6 hrs |
| 2 | Mystery of the Phantom Heist | 3 hrs |
| 3 | The Vanishing Game | 3.1 hrs |
| 4 | Into Thin Air | 2.7 hrs |
| 5 | Peril at Granite Peak | 3.5 hrs |
| 6 | The Battle of Bayport | 3.5 hrs |
| 7 | Shadows at Predator Reef | 2.9 hrs |
| 8 | Deception on the Set | 2.7 hrs |
| 9 | The Curse of the Ancient Emerald | 2.9 hrs |
| 10 | Tunnel of Secrets | 3.1 hrs |
| 11 | Showdown at Widow Creek | 2.8 hrs |
| 12 | The Madman of Black Bear Mountain | 2.9 hrs |
More narrated by Tim Gregory
Tim Gregory narrates 245 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
745 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Curse of the Ancient Emerald is book 9 of Franklin W. Dixon's Hardy Boys Adventures series: a 2.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Gregory, released June 1, 2016, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Gregory
- Released
- June 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Hardy Boys Adventures #9
- ISBN
- 9781621886082
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Curse of the Ancient Emerald as an audiobook?
The Curse of the Ancient Emerald runs 2.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.
Is The Curse of the Ancient Emerald free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Curse of the Ancient Emerald?
The Curse of the Ancient Emerald is narrated by Tim Gregory.