Thus Bad Begins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Thus Bad Begins audiobook runs 16.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Fass (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Fass
Robert Fass narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,196 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
680 Literary 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
Thus Bad Begins is an audiobook by Javier Marias: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Fass, released November 1, 2016, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
- Released
- November 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781681682815
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Thus Bad Begins audiobook?
Thus Bad Begins runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is the Thus Bad Begins audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Thus Bad Begins?
Thus Bad Begins is narrated by Robert Fass.
Is Thus Bad Begins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.