The Penultimate Peril: Audiobook
Book 12 of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Penultimate Peril runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Curry (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 6.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tim Curry
Tim Curry narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 200 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,170 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Penultimate Peril is book 12 of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Curry, released February 26, 2026, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tim Curry
- Released
- February 26, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #12
- ISBN
- 9780008833763
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Penultimate Peril as an audiobook?
The Penultimate Peril runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The Penultimate Peril free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Penultimate Peril?
The Penultimate Peril is narrated by Tim Curry.