The Hum and the Shiver: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Tufa Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hum and the Shiver runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emily Janice Card and Stefan Rudnicki (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Tufa Novels
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 56.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hum and the Shiver | 9.7 hrs |
| 2 | Wisp of a Thing | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | Long Black Curl | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | Chapel of Ease | 8.8 hrs |
| 5 | Gather Her Round | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Fairies of Sadieville | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Emily Janice Card
Emily Janice Card narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 384 hours in all.
- The Lost Gate
- Shadows in Flight
- Ruins
- Gatefather
- The Age of Miracles
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,909 Fantasy 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 Hum and the Shiver is book 1 of Alex Bledsoe's Tufa Novels series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Janice Card and Stefan Rudnicki, released September 27, 2011, on the Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emily Janice Card, Stefan Rudnicki
- Released
- September 27, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
- Series
- The Tufa Novels #1
- ISBN
- 9781481589222
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hum and the Shiver as an audiobook?
The Hum and the Shiver runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Hum and the Shiver free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hum and the Shiver?
The Hum and the Shiver is narrated by Emily Janice Card and Stefan Rudnicki.