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The Stories We Tell by Savannah Carlisle

The Stories We Tell: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Big Dune Island series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Stories We Tell runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Melie Williams (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.9 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Big Dune Island

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 26.2 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 36.1 hours in all.

About as long, on the Modern shelf

3,376 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 Stories We Tell is book 4 of Savannah Carlisle's Big Dune Island series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Melie Williams, released August 24, 2026, on the Modern and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.9 hrs
Narrated by
Melie Williams
Released
August 24, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Fiction
Series
Big Dune Island #4
ISBN
9798349162886

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Stories We Tell as an audiobook?

The Stories We Tell runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The Stories We Tell free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Stories We Tell?

The Stories We Tell is narrated by Melie Williams.