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The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner by Walter Moers

The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Zamonia series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bronson Pinchot (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.9listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Zamonia Series

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 59.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 73.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear16.2 hrs
2Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures24.1 hrs
3The City of Dreaming Books19.2 hrs
4The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner13.9 hrs

More narrated by Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot narrates 320 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,382 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,169 Fantasy 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

The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner is book 4 of Walter Moers's Zamonia series: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bronson Pinchot, released January 25, 2011, on the Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.9 hrs
Narrated by
Bronson Pinchot
Released
January 25, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy
Series
The Zamonia Series #4
ISBN
9781483066790

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner as an audiobook?

The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner?

The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner is narrated by Bronson Pinchot.

Is The Alchemaster’s Apprentice: A Culinary Tale from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.