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The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Gilded Blade: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gilded Blade runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anjali Kunapaneni and Jay Ben Markson and others (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.4listening hrs
Romance (Teen & YA)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gilded Blade at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,186 Romance (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Romance (Teen & YA) shelf

105 Romance (Teen & YA) 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 Gilded Blade is an audiobook by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Anjali Kunapaneni, Jay Ben Markson and Zachary Webber and others, released July 14, 2026, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Mystery & Thriller shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.4 hrs
Narrated by
Anjali Kunapaneni, Jay Ben Markson, Zachary Webber, Christine Lakin
Released
July 14, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Mystery & Thriller
ISBN
9781668655702

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gilded Blade as an audiobook?

The Gilded Blade runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.

Is The Gilded Blade free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Gilded Blade?

The Gilded Blade is narrated by Anjali Kunapaneni, Jay Ben Markson, Zachary Webber and Christine Lakin.

Is The Gilded Blade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.