The Goblin King: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sophie and the Shadow Woods series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Goblin King runs 1.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joan Walker (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sophie and the Shadow Woods
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 10 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Goblin King | 1.4 hrs |
| 2 | Swamp Boggles | 1.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Spider Gnomes | 1.3 hrs |
| 4 | THE FOG BOGGARTS | 2.4 hrs |
| 5 | THE ICICLE IMPS | 1.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Bat Sprites | 2.4 hrs |
More narrated by Joan Walker
Joan Walker narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 889 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
431 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #5)
- Magic Tree House: Books 1 and 2: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn
- The Little Elephant Who Wants to Fall Asleep: A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep
- I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived #11)
- I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived #7)
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 Goblin King is book 1 of Linda Chapman's Sophie and the Shadow Woods series: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Joan Walker, released June 9, 2011, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joan Walker
- Released
- June 9, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy
- Series
- Sophie and the Shadow Woods #1
- ISBN
- 9780007425310
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Goblin King as an audiobook?
The Goblin King runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.
Is The Goblin King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Goblin King?
The Goblin King is narrated by Joan Walker.