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Gretel by Christopher Coleman

Gretel: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Gretel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Gretel audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Flanagan (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Gretel 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 3,723 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Gretel

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 35.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Gretel12 hrs
2Marlene's Revenge9.6 hrs
3Hansel6.2 hrs
4Anika Rising7.9 hrs

About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf

511 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) 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

Gretel is book 1 of Christopher Coleman's Gretel series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Flanagan, released January 30, 2019, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Lisa Flanagan
Released
January 30, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
Series
Gretel #1
ISBN
9781977341181

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Gretel audiobook?

Gretel runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Gretel audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Gretel?

Gretel is narrated by Lisa Flanagan.

Is Gretel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.