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Half City by Kate Golden

Half City: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Harker Academy series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Half City audiobook runs 16.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Taylor Harvey and Teddy Hamilton (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.6listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Half City at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Harker Academy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 34 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Half City16.6 hrs
2Cursed City17.4 hrs

About as long, on the Modern shelf

365 Modern 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

Half City is book 1 of Kate Golden's Harker Academy series: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Taylor Harvey and Teddy Hamilton, released February 17, 2026, on the Modern and Romantasy (Romance) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.6 hrs
Narrated by
Taylor Harvey, Teddy Hamilton
Released
February 17, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Romantasy (Romance), Fantasy
Series
Harker Academy #1
ISBN
9798217282456

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Half City audiobook?

Half City runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is the Half City audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Half City?

Half City is narrated by Taylor Harvey and Teddy Hamilton.

Is Half City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.