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Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

Cold Sassy Tree: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Cold Sassy series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold Sassy Tree audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cold Sassy Tree at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,380 Historical (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

Cold Sassy Tree is book 1 of Olive Ann Burns's Cold Sassy series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released January 26, 2012, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
January 26, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction)
Series
The Cold Sassy Series #1
ISBN
9781483053837

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cold Sassy Tree audiobook?

Cold Sassy Tree runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Cold Sassy Tree audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cold Sassy Tree?

Cold Sassy Tree is narrated by Grover Gardner.

Is Cold Sassy Tree worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.