Before: Audiobook
Book 5 of the After series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Shane East (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The After Series
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 76.3 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 87.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | 16.9 hrs |
| 2 | After We Collided | 19.7 hrs |
| 3 | After We Fell | 24.5 hrs |
| 4 | After Ever Happy | 15.4 hrs |
| 5 | Before | 10.8 hrs |
More narrated by Shane East
Shane East narrates 286 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,956 hours in all.
- After We Collided
- After We Fell
- After Ever Happy
- The Wolf King
- Royally Screwed
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,785 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 is book 5 of Anna Todd's After series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Shane East, released December 8, 2015, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shane East
- Released
- December 8, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- The After Series #5
- ISBN
- 9781442396258
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before audiobook?
Before runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the Before audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before?
Before is narrated by Shane East.
Is Before worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.