Who narrates the Black Stallion audiobook?

Frank Muller narrates Black Stallion. The audiobook runs 5 hours 9 minutes.

How long is the Black Stallion audiobook?

The Black Stallion audiobook has a runtime of 5 hours 9 minutes.

Who wrote Black Stallion?

Black Stallion was written by Walter Farley. It falls into the Kids & Family genre.

What genre is Black Stallion?

Black Stallion is a Kids & Family audiobook written by Walter Farley and narrated by Frank Muller.

Is Black Stallion worth listening to?

Frank Muller turns a pony book into epic drama Frank Muller narrates this children's classic like it's high-stakes literary fiction. The island survival sequence feels like a gritty RPG campaign, and the climactic race scene is a masterclass in audio pacing. A short, nostalgic listen that punches way above its weight class. Our verdict: Wait for Sale.

Is Black Stallion part of a series?

Black Stallion is book #1 in the The Black Stallion series.

Black Stallion — Frank Muller turns a pony book into epic drama

Rating: 4.5
Author: Tom Bradley

by Walter Farley 🎤Narrated by Frank Muller 📚The Black Stallion #1

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✍️ 4.5 Editorial

🎤 5.0 Narration

5h 9m

Kids & Family

Non-Fiction

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Quest Log

Frank Muller turns a pony book into epic drama

•Voice Acting: Muller treats a children's book with the gravitas of Stephen King.
•Quest Pacing: Starts as a slow-burn survival story, ends with a kinetic, high-speed race.
•Loot Rating: Wait for Sale

Is this for you?

✅Pick this if: you want a short punchy audiobook elevated by a masterclass narrator performance · you enjoy slow-burn survival stories that build to a kinetic climactic payoff · you have kids or want a nostalgic listen and don't mind straightforward prose

❌Skip if: you need intricate worldbuilding or complex magic systems to stay engaged · you prefer long sprawling epics and find five-hour listens too slight · you mostly listen while distracted and need constant plot momentum throughout

📚Best for fans of: The Dark Tower series, Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, My Side of the Mountain

Read Time3 min read

Duration5h 9m

Best Speed:1.25x recommended

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Reviewed byTom Bradley

CS grad student. Thesis progress: concerning. Will defend LitRPG with dying breath.

🎧 Tunes in while painting minis, hooked by legendary narrator doing creature feature energy, bails on narrators who can't do voices.

Last updated: Jul 9, 2026

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"He was the giant, the killer, the wild stallion of the Sudan." That's the vibe. It's not just a pony book. It's a creature feature. I'm currently ignoring a stack of papers on procedural dungeon generation to paint a Gelatinous Cube miniature. It's a transparent resin print, tricky to get right, requiring patience and a steady hand. You know what else requires patience? Taming a wild Arabian stallion on a deserted island while you're starving to death. I picked this up because I needed a break from the 40-hour epics I usually devour. At five hours, this is a snack. But here's the thing: it's narrated by Frank Muller. If you've been in the audiobook game for more than five minutes, you know that name. He's the guy who narrated *The Dark Tower* and *The Green Mile*. Hearing him read a "children's book" is like watching a Michelin-star chef make a grilled cheese sandwich. He treats the material with absolute, deadly seriousness. ### A Survival Sandbox, Not a Sports Drama The first half of this book isn't the sports drama I remembered from the movie. It's a survival sandbox campaign. That same isolated, high-stakes survival energy drives [Life as we Knew It](/reviews/life-as-we-knew-it), though with a very different kind of disaster. Alec and the Black are stranded, and Muller sells the isolation. There's no music, no sound effects, just Muller's gravelly voice making you feel the heat of the sun and the thirst. When Alec finally earns the horse's trust, it feels like he rolled a Natural 20 on an Animal Handling check after a string of failures. The progression is earned. ### The Race Scene Is the Boss Fight The real technical achievement here is the race scene at the end. Research told me this was the highlight, and yeah, the data holds up. Muller shifts gears—literally. His pacing accelerates with the horses. He differentiates the jockeys, giving them distinct voices even when they're shouting over the wind. You get the aristocratic edge of the competitors versus Alec's desperate focus. It's kinetic. I stopped painting mid-brushstroke because I actually got stressed out about a race where I already knew the winner. Is it perfect? It's old-school. The writing is straightforward, lacking the complex magic systems or political intrigue I usually look for. There are no hard magic rules here, just the Rule of Cool applied to a horse. But Muller elevates the text. He finds emotional beats in simple dialogue that a lesser narrator would've glossed over. ### Who's Rolling Initiative? If you want intricate worldbuilding or crunchy systems, this isn't your campaign. But if you have kids, play this for them. If you're a grown adult hiding from your thesis advisor (guilty), listen to it for the clinic in narration. It's a short, punchy reminder of why we listen to stories in the first place.

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Audio production quality notes that may affect your listening experience

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Single Narrator

Read by a single narrator throughout the entire audiobook.

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Fast Paced

Quick Info

Release Date:September 10, 2010

Duration:5h 9m

Language:English

Best Speed:1.25x

Audio Code:58694736

About the Author

Walter Farley

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Walter Lorimer Farley (1915–1989) was an American author best known for his children's novels about horses, especially The Black Stallion series. He wrote over 20 books in the series and other horse-related stories, selling around twelve million copies worldwide. His works have been translated into many languages and continue to be published.

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About the Narrator

Frank Muller

Frank Muller was a renowned audiobook narrator and stage actor, known for his dynamic and versatile voice. He was the narrator of choice for authors like Stephen King, John le Carré, and Elmore Leonard. Muller tragically passed away in 2008 following a severe motorcycle accident in 2001.

33 books

4.6 rating