Mean High Tide: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Thorn series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mean High Tide audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Qarie Marshall (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Thorn
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 61.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under Cover of Daylight | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | Tropical Freeze | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | Mean High Tide | 12.4 hrs |
| 4 | Gone Wild | 14.6 hrs |
| 5 | Buzz Cut | 14.4 hrs |
More narrated by Qarie Marshall
Qarie Marshall narrates 102 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 679 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
2,152 Drama 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
Mean High Tide is book 3 of James W. Hall's Thorn series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Qarie Marshall, released May 20, 2025, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Qarie Marshall
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- Series
- Thorn #3
- ISBN
- 9781666697209
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mean High Tide audiobook?
Mean High Tide runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Mean High Tide audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Mean High Tide?
Mean High Tide is narrated by Qarie Marshall.
Is Mean High Tide worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.