The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Campbell and Petrea Burchard (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tim Campbell
Tim Campbell narrates 440 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,485 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,498 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
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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 First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus is an audiobook by J.R. Dawson: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Campbell and Petrea Burchard, released June 22, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Campbell, Petrea Burchard
- Released
- June 22, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- ISBN
- 9781035018239
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus as an audiobook?
The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus?
The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus is narrated by Tim Campbell and Petrea Burchard.
Is The First Bright Thing: Pure magical escapism for fans of The Night Circus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.