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The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

The Goose Girl: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Books of Bayern series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Goose Girl runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Teegan Hurley (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Romance (Teen & YA)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Goose Girl at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 4,186 Romance (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Books of Bayern

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 35.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Goose Girl9.3 hrs
2Enna Burning9.1 hrs
3River Secrets7.2 hrs
4Forest Born10 hrs

About as long, on the Romance (Teen & YA) shelf

1,148 Romance (Teen & YA) 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 Goose Girl is book 1 of Shannon Hale's Books of Bayern series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Teegan Hurley, released April 7, 2026, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
Teegan Hurley
Released
April 7, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
Series
Books of Bayern #1
ISBN
9781037206696

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Goose Girl as an audiobook?

The Goose Girl runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is The Goose Girl free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Goose Girl?

The Goose Girl is narrated by Teegan Hurley.