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Before Too Long by Kathy Altman

Before Too Long: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Thistle Hill series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before Too Long audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Evan Parker (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Before Too Long at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Thistle Hill

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 17.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Long Way Home8.5 hrs
2Before Too Long8.8 hrs

About as long, on the Modern shelf

3,479 Modern 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 Too Long is book 2 of Kathy Altman's Thistle Hill series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Evan Parker, released May 31, 2024, on the Modern shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Evan Parker
Released
May 31, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern
Series
Thistle Hill #2
ISBN
9781732358096

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Before Too Long audiobook?

Before Too Long runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is the Before Too Long audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Before Too Long?

Before Too Long is narrated by Evan Parker.