Leeward: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Nightingale & Courtney series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Leeward audiobook runs 14.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Rory Barnett (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 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 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nightingale & Courtney
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 41.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeward | 14.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Devil to Pay | 13.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Merciful Sea | 13.8 hrs |
More narrated by Rory Barnett
Rory Barnett narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 468 hours in all.
- Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones
- ZC One: Zombie Castle Series Book 1
- ZC Two: Zombie Castle Series Book 2
- Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia
- ZC Three: Zombie Castle Series Book 3
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,936 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
Leeward is book 1 of Katie Daysh's Nightingale & Courtney series: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Barnett, released October 7, 2026, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Barnett
- Released
- October 7, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Romance), Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Nightingale & Courtney #1
- ISBN
- 9781004221448
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Leeward audiobook?
Leeward runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is the Leeward audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Leeward?
Leeward is narrated by Rory Barnett.
Is Leeward worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.