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Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Wither: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Chemical Garden series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wither audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Angela Lin (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Wither at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Chemical Garden

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 30.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Wither10.4 hrs
2Fever9.5 hrs
3Sever10.6 hrs

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

Wither is book 1 of Lauren DeStefano's Chemical Garden series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Angela Lin, released May 27, 2011, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Angela Lin
Released
May 27, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
Series
Chemical Garden #1
ISBN
9781461804321

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Wither audiobook?

Wither runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Wither audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Wither?

Wither is narrated by Angela Lin.

Is Wither worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.