The Fire Chronicle: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Books of Beginning series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fire Chronicle runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Dale (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books of Beginning
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 37.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Emerald Atlas | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Fire Chronicle | 12.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Black Reckoning | 13.1 hrs |
More narrated by Jim Dale
Jim Dale narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 326 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
125 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- North! Or Be Eaten
- Greenglass House
- Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
- The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 3
- Slaves of Socorro
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 Fire Chronicle is book 2 of John Stephens's Books of Beginning series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Dale, released October 9, 2012, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Dale
- Released
- October 9, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Books of Beginning #2
- ISBN
- 9780307879813
How to listen to The Fire Chronicle free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fire Chronicle as an audiobook?
The Fire Chronicle runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Fire Chronicle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fire Chronicle?
The Fire Chronicle is narrated by Jim Dale.
Is The Fire Chronicle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.