Once Upon a Tower: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Fairy Tales series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once Upon a Tower audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fairy Tales
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 40.3 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 52.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Kiss at Midnight | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | When Beauty Tamed the Beast | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Duke is Mine | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Ugly Duchess | 9.7 hrs |
| 5 | Once Upon a Tower | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Duerden
Susan Duerden narrates 194 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
1,665 Historical (Romance) 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
Once Upon a Tower is book 5 of Eloisa James's Fairy Tales series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released May 28, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Duerden
- Released
- May 28, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Fairy Tales #5
- ISBN
- 9780062265173
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once Upon a Tower audiobook?
Once Upon a Tower runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Once Upon a Tower audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once Upon a Tower?
Once Upon a Tower is narrated by Susan Duerden.
Is Once Upon a Tower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.