Always Dakota: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Dakota series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Always Dakota audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Carly Robins (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Dakota Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 23 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 38.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dakota Born | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | Dakota Home | 11.3 hrs |
| 3 | Always Dakota | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | Buffalo Valley | 5.1 hrs |
More narrated by Carly Robins
Carly Robins narrates 483 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,368 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
11,730 Romance 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
Always Dakota is book 3 of Debbie Macomber's Dakota series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Carly Robins, released June 28, 2016, on the Romance and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carly Robins
- Released
- June 28, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance, Fiction
- Series
- The Dakota Series #3
- ISBN
- 9781488201844
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Always Dakota audiobook?
Always Dakota runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Always Dakota audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Always Dakota?
Always Dakota is narrated by Carly Robins.
Is Always Dakota worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.