Forest Born: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Books of Bayern series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forest Born audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Maria Jose Pacreu Rodriguez (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 1,014 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books of Bayern
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 25.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 35.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Goose Girl | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Enna Burning | 9.1 hrs |
| 3 | River Secrets | 7.2 hrs |
| 4 | Forest Born | 10 hrs |
About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf
254 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) 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
Forest Born is book 4 of Shannon Hale's Books of Bayern series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Maria Jose Pacreu Rodriguez, released April 7, 2026, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Maria Jose Pacreu Rodriguez
- Released
- April 7, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
- Series
- Books of Bayern #4
- ISBN
- 9781037206658
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Forest Born audiobook?
Forest Born runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Forest Born audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Forest Born?
Forest Born is narrated by Maria Jose Pacreu Rodriguez.
Is Forest Born worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.