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To Be a King by Kathryn Lasky

To Be a King: Audiobook

Book 11 of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To Be a King audiobook runs 5.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Pamela Garelick (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.1listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish To Be a King at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.1 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Guardians of Ga’Hoole Series

This is book 11. Books 1 to 10 run 51.6 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 78.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Capture5.7 hrs
2The Journey6.1 hrs
3The Rescue4.9 hrs
4The Siege5.1 hrs
5The Shattering4.3 hrs
6The Burning5.4 hrs
7The Hatchling5.5 hrs
8The Outcast4.9 hrs
9The First Collier4.6 hrs
10The Coming of Hoole5.2 hrs
11To Be a King5.1 hrs
12The Golden Tree4.7 hrs

More narrated by Pamela Garelick

Pamela Garelick narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 178 hours in all.

All Pamela Garelick audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

694 Mystery & Fantasy 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

To Be a King is book 11 of Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga’Hoole series: a 5.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Pamela Garelick, released April 1, 2013, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.1 hrs
Narrated by
Pamela Garelick
Released
April 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy
Series
The Guardians of Ga’Hoole Series #11
ISBN
9781481555418

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the To Be a King audiobook?

To Be a King runs 5.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.

Is the To Be a King audiobook free?

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

Who narrates To Be a King?

To Be a King is narrated by Pamela Garelick.