Barely Breathing: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Breathing series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Barely Breathing audiobook runs 15.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Rudd (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Breathing
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 44.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reason to Breathe | 14.4 hrs |
| 2 | Barely Breathing | 15.9 hrs |
| 3 | Out of Breath | 14.2 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Rudd
Kate Rudd narrates 474 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,991 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
84 Tough Topics 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
Barely Breathing is book 2 of Rebecca Donovan's Breathing series: a 15.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Rudd, released June 18, 2013, on the Tough Topics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Rudd
- Released
- June 18, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Tough Topics
- Series
- Breathing #2
- ISBN
- 9781480519930
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Barely Breathing audiobook?
Barely Breathing runs 15.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is the Barely Breathing audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Barely Breathing?
Barely Breathing is narrated by Kate Rudd.
Is Barely Breathing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.