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Cover of Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of Gray: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Between Shades of Gray audiobook runs 7.8 hours (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
4.2★17 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 7.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Between Shades of Gray at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.8 hours, it's shorter than 70% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 35% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (12 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a weekend-size listen at 7.8 hours.

About the book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a “superb” ( The Wall Street Journal ), “eye-opening” ( Los Angeles Times ) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow "Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." — The Washington Post WINNER OF THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD • A CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE • A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY A knock comes at the door in the dead of night, and Lina’s life changes in an instant. With her young brother and mother, she is hauled away by the Soviet secret police from her home in Lithuania and thrown into a cattle car en route to Siberia.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Between Shades of Gray audiobook?

Between Shades of Gray runs 7.8 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the Between Shades of Gray audiobook free?

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

When was Between Shades of Gray first published?

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys was first published in 1999.