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Shimmer by Alyson Noël

Shimmer: Audiobook

Book 2 of the A Riley Bloom Book series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shimmer audiobook runs 4.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kathleen McInerney (about 2.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.2listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shimmer at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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

What our data says

  • At 4.2 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Riley Bloom Book

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 3.9 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 18 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Radiance3.9 hrs
2Shimmer4.2 hrs
3Dreamland4.9 hrs
4Whisper: A Riley Bloom Book5 hrs

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

969 Non-fiction (Kids) 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

Shimmer is book 2 of Alyson Noël's A Riley Bloom Book series: a 4.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kathleen McInerney, released March 15, 2011, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.2 hrs
Narrated by
Kathleen McInerney
Released
March 15, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
Series
A Riley Bloom Book #2
ISBN
9781427212511

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shimmer audiobook?

Shimmer runs 4.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.8 hours.

Is the Shimmer audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shimmer?

Shimmer is narrated by Kathleen McInerney.