Hades: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Taking of Persephone series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hades audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Benjamin P. Hawkins (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 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 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Taking of Persephone
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 25.8 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,976 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
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
Hades is book 2 of Ambrosia R. Harris's Taking of Persephone series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Benjamin P. Hawkins, released August 13, 2026, on the Historical (Fiction) and Historical (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Benjamin P. Hawkins
- Released
- August 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Historical (Romance), Romantasy (Romance)
- Series
- The Taking of Persephone #2
- ISBN
- 9798182609050
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hades audiobook?
Hades runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Hades audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hades?
Hades is narrated by Benjamin P. Hawkins.
Is Hades worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.