Before the Ruins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before the Ruins audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Kristin Atherton (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kristin Atherton
Kristin Atherton narrates 492 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,809 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,032 Literary 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
Before the Ruins is an audiobook by Victoria Gosling: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Atherton, released January 12, 2021, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin Atherton
- Released
- January 12, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781250772435
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before the Ruins audiobook?
Before the Ruins runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Before the Ruins audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before the Ruins?
Before the Ruins is narrated by Kristin Atherton.
Is Before the Ruins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.