The Peculiar: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Peculiar series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Peculiar runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Altschuler (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 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 7.6 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Peculiar
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 16.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Peculiar | 7.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Whatnot | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Altschuler
Peter Altschuler narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 198 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
1,157 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 Peculiar is book 1 of Stefan Bachmann's Peculiar series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Altschuler, released September 18, 2012, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Altschuler
- Released
- September 18, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- The Peculiar #1
- ISBN
- 9780062227683
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Peculiar as an audiobook?
The Peculiar runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is The Peculiar free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Peculiar?
The Peculiar is narrated by Peter Altschuler.