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The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

The Golden Braid: Audiobook

Book 6 of the Fairy Tale Romance series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Golden Braid runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jude Mason (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Romance (Teen & YA)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Golden Braid at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 4,186 Romance (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Fairy Tale Romance Series

This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 39.2 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 87.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Healer's Apprentice8.6 hrs
2The Merchant's Daughter7.6 hrs
3The Fairest Beauty8.4 hrs
4The Captive Maiden7.3 hrs
5The Princess Spy7.2 hrs
6The Golden Braid8 hrs
7The Silent Songbird7.8 hrs
8The Orphan's Wish8.6 hrs
9The Warrior Maiden8 hrs
10The Piper's Pursuit8 hrs
11The Peasant's Dream8.4 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 Golden Braid is book 6 of Melanie Dickerson's Fairy Tale Romance series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jude Mason, released November 17, 2015, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Jude Mason
Released
November 17, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
Series
Fairy Tale Romance Series #6
ISBN
9780718077105

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Golden Braid as an audiobook?

The Golden Braid runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Golden Braid free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Golden Braid?

The Golden Braid is narrated by Jude Mason.