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The Ward Witch by Sarah Painter

The Ward Witch: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Unholy Island series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ward Witch runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Katie Villa (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ward Witch at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Unholy Island

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Ward Witch7.7 hrs
2The Book Keeper7.5 hrs
3The Island God7.3 hrs

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,633 Fantasy 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 Ward Witch is book 1 of Sarah Painter's Unholy Island series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Katie Villa, released September 5, 2023, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Katie Villa
Released
September 5, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fantasy
Series
Unholy Island #1
ISBN
9798868722288

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ward Witch as an audiobook?

The Ward Witch runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Ward Witch free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Ward Witch?

The Ward Witch is narrated by Katie Villa.