The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Goulding (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.4listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Kids)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.4 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 2,649 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf

270 Action & Adventure (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 Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket is an audiobook by John Boyne: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Goulding, released May 14, 2020, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.4 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Goulding
Released
May 14, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Kids)
ISBN
9781787620810

How to listen to The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket as an audiobook?

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket?

The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket is narrated by Richard Goulding.