The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Laddertop by Emily Janice Card, Orson Scott Card

Laddertop: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Laddertop series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Laddertop audiobook runs 2 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Wise and Keith Paugh and others (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Laddertop at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Laddertop Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Laddertop2 hrs
2Laddertop 21.6 hrs
3Laddertop 32.4 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

Laddertop is book 1 of Emily Janice Card's Laddertop series: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Wise, Keith Paugh and Zina Card and others, released September 27, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Ray Wise, Keith Paugh, Zina Card, Ted Scott, Kyle Rankin, Judy Young
Released
September 27, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
Series
The Laddertop Series #1
ISBN
9781481540254

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Laddertop audiobook?

Laddertop runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

Is the Laddertop audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Laddertop?

Laddertop is narrated by Ray Wise, Keith Paugh, Zina Card and Ted Scott and others.