The Mad Apprentice: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Forbidden Library series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mad Apprentice runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cassandra Morris (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.4 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Forbidden Library
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.7 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 32.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forbidden Library | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Mad Apprentice | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Palace of Glass: The Forbidden Library: Volume 3 | 8.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Fall of the Readers: The Forbidden Library: Volume 4 | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Cassandra Morris
Cassandra Morris narrates 334 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,750 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,177 Mystery & 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 Mad Apprentice is book 2 of Django Wexler's Forbidden Library series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Cassandra Morris, released July 28, 2016, on the Classics (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cassandra Morris
- Released
- July 28, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Forbidden Library #2
- ISBN
- 9781448198191
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mad Apprentice as an audiobook?
The Mad Apprentice runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Mad Apprentice free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mad Apprentice?
The Mad Apprentice is narrated by Cassandra Morris.