The Glass Castle: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Thirteen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Glass Castle runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jaimee Draper (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.2 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Thirteen
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 12.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Glass Castle | 5.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Ruby Moon | 3.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Paper Boat | 3.7 hrs |
More narrated by Jaimee Draper
Jaimee Draper narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 436 hours in all.
About as long, on the Kids shelf
2,425 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
The Glass Castle is book 1 of Trisha White Priebe's Thirteen series: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jaimee Draper, released March 1, 2016, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jaimee Draper
- Released
- March 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Thirteen #1
- ISBN
- 9781621885856
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Glass Castle as an audiobook?
The Glass Castle runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is The Glass Castle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Glass Castle?
The Glass Castle is narrated by Jaimee Draper.