The Spirit Well: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Bright Empires series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spirit Well runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Bubb (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bright Empires
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 54.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skin Map | 11.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Bone House | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Spirit Well | 10.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Shadow Lamp | 11.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Fatal Tree | 10.4 hrs |
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Simon Bubb narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,103 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,845 Religious Fiction 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 Spirit Well is book 3 of Stephen Lawhead's Bright Empires series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Bubb, released September 3, 2012, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Bubb
- Released
- September 3, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Bright Empires #3
- ISBN
- 9781401689179
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Spirit Well as an audiobook?
The Spirit Well runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Spirit Well free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Spirit Well?
The Spirit Well is narrated by Simon Bubb.
Is The Spirit Well worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.