The Heat: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Big Bad Wolf series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heat runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Big Bad Wolf
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 48.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Heat | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Strip | 10 hrs |
| 3 | The Spell | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | 11.3 hrs |
| 5 | Cry Wolf | 10.5 hrs |
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
1,573 Paranormal 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 Heat is book 1 of Heather Killough-Walden's Big Bad Wolf series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released December 19, 2011, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- December 19, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Paranormal, Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Big Bad Wolf #1
- ISBN
- 9781452675237
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heat as an audiobook?
The Heat runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Heat free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heat?
The Heat is narrated by Gildart Jackson.