The Wise Ass: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Claire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wise Ass runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Claire Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 20 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wise Ass | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | An Alien Appeal | 6.6 hrs |
| 3 | Kissing My Ass Goodbye | 5.6 hrs |
More narrated by Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett narrates 394 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,244 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,663 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 Wise Ass is book 1 of Tom Mccaffrey's Claire series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released August 24, 2021, on the Fantasy and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Barrett
- Released
- August 24, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Fiction
- Series
- Claire Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781666150001
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wise Ass as an audiobook?
The Wise Ass runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is The Wise Ass free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wise Ass?
The Wise Ass is narrated by Joe Barrett.