Hold Back the Stars: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hold Back the Stars audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Gemma Whelan (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gemma Whelan
Gemma Whelan narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 701 hours in all.
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- The Murders at Fleat House: A compelling mystery from the author of the million-copy bestselling The Seven Sisters series
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
- Don't Let Him In: The addictive #1 Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller from the author of None of This is True
- The Sanatorium: The spine-tingling #1 Sunday Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,621 Literary 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
Hold Back the Stars is an audiobook by Katie Khan: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Gemma Whelan, released May 23, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gemma Whelan
- Released
- May 23, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781508237365
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hold Back the Stars audiobook?
Hold Back the Stars runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Hold Back the Stars audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hold Back the Stars?
Hold Back the Stars is narrated by Gemma Whelan.