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The Charm School by Susan Wiggs

The Charm School: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Calhoun Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Charm School runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christina Traister (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Charm School at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Calhoun Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Charm School11.3 hrs
2The Horsemaster's Daughter11.7 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

The Charm School is book 1 of Susan Wiggs's Calhoun Chronicles series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Christina Traister, released September 15, 2020, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Christina Traister
Released
September 15, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
The Calhoun Chronicles #1
ISBN
9781488210112

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Charm School as an audiobook?

The Charm School runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is The Charm School free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Charm School?

The Charm School is narrated by Christina Traister.

Is The Charm School worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.