The Mortal Word: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Invisible Library series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mortal Word runs 15.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin Atherton (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Invisible Library series
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 49.5 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 102.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Invisible Library | 12.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Masked City | 12.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Burning Page | 12.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Lost Plot | 12.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Mortal Word | 15.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Secret Chapter | 11.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Dark Archive | 12 hrs |
| 8 | The Untold Story | 14.2 hrs |
More narrated by Kristin Atherton
Kristin Atherton narrates 492 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,809 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf
351 Historical (Science Fiction & 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 Mortal Word is book 5 of Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Atherton, released May 13, 2021, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin Atherton
- Released
- May 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Invisible Library series #5
- ISBN
- 9781529075625
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mortal Word as an audiobook?
The Mortal Word runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Mortal Word free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mortal Word?
The Mortal Word is narrated by Kristin Atherton.
Is The Mortal Word worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.