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The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Land of Stories series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Colfer (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,327 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Land of Stories

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 39.4 hours in all.

About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

189 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell is book 1 of Chris Colfer's Land of Stories series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Colfer, released July 17, 2012, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Chris Colfer
Released
July 17, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
Series
The Land of Stories #1
ISBN
9781611133417

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell as an audiobook?

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell?

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell is narrated by Chris Colfer.