The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy: Audiobook
Book 5 of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy runs 3.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lemony Snicket (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.3 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 5,327 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
337 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy is book 5 of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events series: a 3.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lemony Snicket, released September 21, 2004, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Humor shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lemony Snicket
- Released
- September 21, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Humor
- Series
- A Series of Unfortunate Events #5
- ISBN
- 9780060793432
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy as an audiobook?
The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy runs 3.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.
Is The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy?
The Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy is narrated by Lemony Snicket.