The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark.: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Understory Inquiries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark. runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joseph Pepe (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 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 |
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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Understory Inquiries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 24.6 hours in all.
More narrated by Joseph Pepe
Joseph Pepe narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- The Anchor’s Debt: In a world where suffering is currency, she just mortgaged her soul.
- The Shattered Ghost: To repair her shattered mind, he must risk his own soul.
- The Flaw in the Machine: When justice is a rigged algorithm, the only morality left is treason.
- A Willing Instrument: When the law demands a lie, the truth becomes a death sentence.
- The Finest Liar: A dark fantasy of political intrigue, blood magic, and the devastating cost of survival.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,742 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 Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark. is book 1 of Joseph Pepe's Understory Inquiries series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Pepe, released March 14, 2026, on the Fantasy and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Pepe
- Released
- March 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Understory Inquiries #1
- ISBN
- 9798240062445
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How long is The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark. as an audiobook?
The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark. runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark. free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark.?
The Ledger of Lost Things: In a forest that grows in reverse, a dangerous lie is the only thing standing between a village's survival and the dark. is narrated by Joseph Pepe.