The Castle & the Cloister: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Daughters of Light series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Castle & the Cloister runs 19.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Meunier and Eilidh Beaton and others (about 12.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Meunier
James Meunier narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 533 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
139 Contemporary Women 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 Castle & the Cloister is book 1 of Laura E. Weymouth's Daughters of Light series: a 19.2-hour unabridged recording, read by James Meunier, Eilidh Beaton and Alana Kerr Collins and others, released August 4, 2026, on the Contemporary Women and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Meunier, Eilidh Beaton, Alana Kerr Collins, Raphael Corkhill
- Released
- August 4, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Daughters of Light #1
- ISBN
- 9781668163030
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Castle & the Cloister as an audiobook?
The Castle & the Cloister runs 19.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.8 hours.
Is The Castle & the Cloister free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Castle & the Cloister?
The Castle & the Cloister is narrated by James Meunier, Eilidh Beaton, Alana Kerr Collins and Raphael Corkhill.
Is The Castle & the Cloister worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.8 hours, saving 6.4 hours.