From the Start: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Walker Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the From the Start audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Courtney Patterson (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Walker Family
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 40.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | From the Start | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Like Never Before | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | Keep Holding On | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | All This Time | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Courtney Patterson
Courtney Patterson narrates 252 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,415 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
2,015 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
From the Start is book 1 of Melissa Tagg's Walker Family series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Courtney Patterson, released February 23, 2021, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Courtney Patterson
- Released
- February 23, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Walker Family #1
- ISBN
- 9781705288061
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the From the Start audiobook?
From the Start runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the From the Start audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates From the Start?
From the Start is narrated by Courtney Patterson.
Is From the Start worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.