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School of Shards by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

School of Shards: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Vita Nostra series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the School of Shards audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Jessica Ball (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish School of Shards at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Vita Nostra

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 28.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 38.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Vita Nostra18.4 hrs
2Assassin of Reality10.2 hrs
3School of Shards10.1 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

School of Shards is book 3 of Marina Dyachenko's Vita Nostra series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jessica Ball, released June 17, 2025, on the Fantasy and Religious Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Jessica Ball
Released
June 17, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Religious Fiction
Series
Vita Nostra #3
ISBN
9780063225503

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the School of Shards audiobook?

School of Shards runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the School of Shards audiobook free?

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

Who narrates School of Shards?

School of Shards is narrated by Jessica Ball.

Is School of Shards worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.