The Darkest Minds — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 15.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 91% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 76% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want magic systems and a central love story — a long-haul epic at 15.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
Book one in the blockbuster Darkest Minds series—now with cover art from the major motion picture! When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease that killed most of America's children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control. Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. But when the truth about Ruby's abilities—the truth she's hidden from everyone, even the camp authorities—comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life.
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How long is The Darkest Minds as an audiobook?
The Darkest Minds runs about 15.8 hours — our estimate from its 536 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Can I listen to The Darkest Minds free?
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Is The Darkest Minds worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours — saving 5.3 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Darkest Minds first published?
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, Amy McFadden, Montserrat Triviño Gonzalez was first published in 2012.