Whispers in the Reading Room: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Chicago World’s Fair Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Whispers in the Reading Room audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Chicago World’s Fair Mystery Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secrets of Sloane House | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | Deception on Sable Hill | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | Whispers in the Reading Room | 9.7 hrs |
More narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert narrates 651 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,675 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,777 Police & Detective 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
Whispers in the Reading Room is book 3 of Shelley Shepard Gray's Chicago World’s Fair Mystery series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released November 17, 2020, on the Police & Detective and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert
- Released
- November 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Religious Fiction
- Series
- The Chicago World’s Fair Mystery Series #3
- ISBN
- 9780310365495
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Whispers in the Reading Room audiobook?
Whispers in the Reading Room runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Whispers in the Reading Room audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Whispers in the Reading Room?
Whispers in the Reading Room is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.