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Fireside by Susan Wiggs

Fireside: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Lakeshore Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fireside audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Joyce Bean (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.6listening hrs
Romancestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Fireside at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Lakeshore Chronicles Series

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 47.8 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 80.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Summer at Willow Lake12.9 hrs
2The Winter Lodge12.2 hrs
3Dockside10.9 hrs
4Snowfall at Willow Lake11.9 hrs
5Fireside11.6 hrs
6Lakeshore Christmas9.8 hrs
7The Summer Hideaway11.7 hrs

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

Fireside is book 5 of Susan Wiggs's Lakeshore Chronicles series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Bean, released January 29, 2009, on the Romance shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.6 hrs
Narrated by
Joyce Bean
Released
January 29, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance
Series
The Lakeshore Chronicles Series #5
ISBN
9781423375968

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fireside audiobook?

Fireside runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is the Fireside audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Fireside?

Fireside is narrated by Joyce Bean.

Is Fireside worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.