Distant Dreams: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ribbons of Steel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Distant Dreams audiobook runs 14.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Marnye Young (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ribbons of Steel
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 45 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distant Dreams | 14.9 hrs |
| 2 | A Hope Beyond | 13.9 hrs |
| 3 | A Promise for Tomorrow | 16.2 hrs |
More narrated by Marnye Young
Marnye Young narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
399 Religious 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
Distant Dreams is book 1 of Judith Pella's Ribbons of Steel series: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Marnye Young, released April 9, 2019, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marnye Young
- Released
- April 9, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Ribbons of Steel #1
- ISBN
- 9781977349156
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Distant Dreams audiobook?
Distant Dreams runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is the Distant Dreams audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Distant Dreams?
Distant Dreams is narrated by Marnye Young.
Is Distant Dreams worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.