The Vol. 1 the Shadows: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Books of Elsewhere series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Vol. 1 the Shadows runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lexy Fridell (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.4 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Books of Elsewhere
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 26.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Vol. 1 the Shadows | 5.4 hrs |
| 2 | Spellbound: Volume 2 | 6.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Second Spy: The Books of Elsewhere: Volume 3 | 6.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Strangers | 7.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lexy Fridell
Lexy Fridell narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 43 hours in all.
- The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Classic Goosebumps #16)
- The Second Spy: The Books of Elsewhere: Volume 3
- The Strangers
- Spellbound: Volume 2
- The Second Spy
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,230 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Vol. 1 the Shadows is book 1 of Jacqueline West's Books of Elsewhere series: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Lexy Fridell, released June 15, 2010, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lexy Fridell
- Released
- June 15, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Books of Elsewhere #1
- ISBN
- 9781101223130
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Vol. 1 the Shadows as an audiobook?
The Vol. 1 the Shadows runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The Vol. 1 the Shadows free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Vol. 1 the Shadows?
The Vol. 1 the Shadows is narrated by Lexy Fridell.