The Skin Map: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bright Empires series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Skin Map runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Bubb (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bright Empires
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 54.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skin Map | 11.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Bone House | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Spirit Well | 10.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Shadow Lamp | 11.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Fatal Tree | 10.4 hrs |
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Simon Bubb narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,103 hours in all.
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- Enjoying Jesus: Experience the Presence and Kindness of the Son of God in Everyday Life
- Finding Gobi: Young Reader's Edition: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,635 Religious 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 Skin Map is book 1 of Stephen Lawhead's Bright Empires series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Bubb, released August 30, 2010, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Bubb
- Released
- August 30, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Bright Empires #1
- ISBN
- 9781595549549
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Skin Map as an audiobook?
The Skin Map runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Skin Map free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Skin Map?
The Skin Map is narrated by Simon Bubb.
Is The Skin Map worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.