The Mermaid's Tale: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Chronicles of the Undersea Realm series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mermaid's Tale runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Taylor Meskimen (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.6 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 |
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 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 1,014 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Chronicles of the Undersea Realm
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mermaid's Tale | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Locket's Revenge | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Taylor Meskimen
Taylor Meskimen narrates 165 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,320 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf
224 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles
- The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
- Hunted
- Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection
- Frankenstein
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 Mermaid's Tale is book 1 of L.E. Richmond's Chronicles of the Undersea Realm series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Taylor Meskimen, released October 10, 2023, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Taylor Meskimen
- Released
- October 10, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Teen & YA)
- Series
- Chronicles of the Undersea Realm #1
- ISBN
- 9781645557357
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mermaid's Tale as an audiobook?
The Mermaid's Tale runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Mermaid's Tale free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mermaid's Tale?
The Mermaid's Tale is narrated by Taylor Meskimen.