Place of the Heart: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Place of the Heart audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Joyce Bean (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joyce Bean
Joyce Bean narrates 289 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,877 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,315 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
Place of the Heart is an audiobook by Steinunn Sigurdardottir: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Bean, released April 22, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joyce Bean
- Released
- April 22, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
- ISBN
- 9781469211695
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Place of the Heart audiobook?
Place of the Heart runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is the Place of the Heart audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Place of the Heart?
Place of the Heart is narrated by Joyce Bean.
Is Place of the Heart worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.