The Shape of Darkness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shape of Darkness runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ell Potter (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ell Potter
Ell Potter narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 947 hours in all.
- Hamnet
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
- Beyond That, the Sea
- Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
- Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,591 Historical (Fiction) 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 Shape of Darkness is an audiobook by Laura Purcell: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ell Potter, released June 1, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ell Potter
- Released
- June 1, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Paranormal
- ISBN
- 9780593414835
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shape of Darkness as an audiobook?
The Shape of Darkness runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is The Shape of Darkness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shape of Darkness?
The Shape of Darkness is narrated by Ell Potter.
Is The Shape of Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.