The Sweetest Dark: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sweetest Dark series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sweetest Dark runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rich Orlow and Bianca Amato and others (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sweetest Dark
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sweetest Dark | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Deepest Night | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Rich Orlow
Rich Orlow narrates 82 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 871 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
477 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Darkness of Dragons (Wings of Fire #10)
- Redwall
- Amari and the Night Brothers
- The Battle for Skandia: Book 4
- The Sorcerer of the North: Book Five
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 Sweetest Dark is book 1 of Shana Abe's Sweetest Dark series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Rich Orlow, Bianca Amato and Elizabeth Sastre, released June 7, 2013, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rich Orlow, Bianca Amato, Elizabeth Sastre
- Released
- June 7, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Sweetest Dark #1
- ISBN
- 9781470347284
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sweetest Dark as an audiobook?
The Sweetest Dark runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Sweetest Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sweetest Dark?
The Sweetest Dark is narrated by Rich Orlow, Bianca Amato and Elizabeth Sastre.
Is The Sweetest Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.