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Awake by Jonathan Alder

Awake: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hawthorn series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Awake audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jake Chronister (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Awake at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Hawthorn

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 27.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Awake11.7 hrs
2Alone: Hawthorn book 215.7 hrs

About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,941 Science Fiction 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

Awake is book 1 of Jonathan Alder's Hawthorn series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jake Chronister, released August 28, 2020, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jake Chronister
Released
August 28, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
Hawthorn #1
ISBN
9781543158694

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Awake audiobook?

Awake runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Awake audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Awake?

Awake is narrated by Jake Chronister.

Is Awake worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.