The Dying of the Light: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dying of the Light runs 18.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Hogan (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Skulduggery Pleasant
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 90.7 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 217.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skulduggery Pleasant | 7.1 hrs |
| 2 | Playing With Fire | 6.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Faceless Ones | 7.8 hrs |
| 4 | Dark Days | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | Mortal Coil | 12.2 hrs |
| 6 | Death Bringer | 13.8 hrs |
| 7 | Kingdom of the Wicked | 15.4 hrs |
| 8 | Last Stand of Dead Men | 19.2 hrs |
| 9 | The Dying of the Light | 18.5 hrs |
| 10 | Resurrection | 14 hrs |
| 11 | Midnight | 12.5 hrs |
| 12 | Bedlam | 17.9 hrs |
More narrated by Stephen Hogan
Stephen Hogan narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 605 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
56 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Dying of the Light is book 9 of Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant series: a 18.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Hogan, released January 8, 2019, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Humor shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Hogan
- Released
- January 8, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Humor
- Series
- Skulduggery Pleasant #9
- ISBN
- 9780008273187
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dying of the Light as an audiobook?
The Dying of the Light runs 18.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.
Is The Dying of the Light free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dying of the Light?
The Dying of the Light is narrated by Stephen Hogan.
Is The Dying of the Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.2 hours.