The Silence of the Library: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Silence of the Library runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Erin Bennett (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Cat in the Stacks Mystery
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 34.3 hours before it; books 1 to 17 run 139.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder Past Due | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Classified as Murder | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | File M for Murder | 8.8 hrs |
| 4 | Out of Circulation | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Silence of the Library | 8 hrs |
| 6 | Arsenic and Old Books | 8.4 hrs |
| 7 | No Cats Allowed | 8.4 hrs |
| 8 | Twelve Angry Librarians | 7.4 hrs |
| 9 | Claws for Concern | 8.1 hrs |
| 10 | Six Cats a Slayin' | 8.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Pawful Truth | 8.1 hrs |
| 12 | Careless Whiskers | 8.1 hrs |
More narrated by Erin Bennett
Erin Bennett narrates 517 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,703 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,223 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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 Silence of the Library is book 5 of Miranda James's Cat in the Stacks Mystery series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Erin Bennett, released May 29, 2014, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Erin Bennett
- Released
- May 29, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fiction
- Series
- Cat in the Stacks Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9781452688879
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Silence of the Library as an audiobook?
The Silence of the Library runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is The Silence of the Library free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Silence of the Library?
The Silence of the Library is narrated by Erin Bennett.