The Figure in the Shadows: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Lewis Barnavelt series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Figure in the Shadows runs 3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3 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 3 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lewis Barnavelt
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4.6 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 44.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The House With a Clock in Its Walls | 4.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Figure in the Shadows | 3 hrs |
| 3 | The Letter, The Witch, and The Ring | 3.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Ghost in the Mirror | 4.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder | 3.6 hrs |
| 6 | The Doom of the Haunted Opera | 3.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Specter From the Magician's Museum | 3.5 hrs |
| 8 | The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge | 3.6 hrs |
| 9 | The Tower at the End of the World | 3.5 hrs |
| 10 | The Whistle, The Grave, and The Ghost | 3.7 hrs |
| 11 | The House Where Nobody Lived | 3.5 hrs |
| 12 | The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer | 3.7 hrs |
More narrated by George Guidall
George Guidall narrates 722 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,374 hours in all.
About as long, on the Kids shelf
1,826 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 Figure in the Shadows is book 2 of John Bellairs's Lewis Barnavelt series: a 3-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released February 15, 2018, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Guidall
- Released
- February 15, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Lewis Barnavelt #2
- ISBN
- 9781501983313
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Figure in the Shadows as an audiobook?
The Figure in the Shadows runs 3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.
Is The Figure in the Shadows free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Figure in the Shadows?
The Figure in the Shadows is narrated by George Guidall.