The First Bright Thing: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Bright Thing runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Campbell and Petrea Burchard (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) 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 (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf
526 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) 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 First Bright Thing is an audiobook by J.R. Dawson: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Campbell and Petrea Burchard, released June 13, 2023, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Campbell, Petrea Burchard
- Released
- June 13, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781250901132
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Bright Thing as an audiobook?
The First Bright Thing runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is The First Bright Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Bright Thing?
The First Bright Thing is narrated by Tim Campbell and Petrea Burchard.
Is The First Bright Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.