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The Secret Christmas Bookshop by Cressida McLaughlin

The Secret Christmas Bookshop: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Secret Bookshop series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Christmas Bookshop runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Candida Gubbins (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Secret Christmas Bookshop at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Secret Bookshop

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Modern shelf

2,191 Modern 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 Secret Christmas Bookshop is book 1 of Cressida McLaughlin's Secret Bookshop series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Candida Gubbins, released October 24, 2024, on the Modern and Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Candida Gubbins
Released
October 24, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Mystery
Series
The Secret Bookshop #1
ISBN
9780008623821

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Secret Christmas Bookshop as an audiobook?

The Secret Christmas Bookshop runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is The Secret Christmas Bookshop free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Secret Christmas Bookshop?

The Secret Christmas Bookshop is narrated by Candida Gubbins.

Is The Secret Christmas Bookshop worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.