The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ministry of Curiosities series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1 runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shiromi Arserio (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 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 9 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Ministry of Curiosities
This is book 1. Books 1 to 10 run 82.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Shiromi Arserio
Shiromi Arserio narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,218 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1 is book 1 of C.J. Archer's Ministry of Curiosities series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Shiromi Arserio, released October 27, 2016, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shiromi Arserio
- Released
- October 27, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Ministry of Curiosities #1
- ISBN
- 9781987178753
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1 as an audiobook?
The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1 runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1?
The Last Necromancer: The Ministry of Curiosities, book 1 is narrated by Shiromi Arserio.