Reluctant: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Red Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Reluctant audiobook runs 6.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Lysy (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Red Chronicles
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 37.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reluctant | 6.4 hrs |
| 2 | Relinquished | 6.9 hrs |
| 3 | Ravening | 7.8 hrs |
| 4 | Rebellious | 8.1 hrs |
| 5 | Righteous | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Emma Lysy
Emma Lysy narrates 82 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 824 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,224 Fantasy 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
Reluctant is book 1 of Kendrai Meeks's Red Chronicles series: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Lysy, released June 22, 2018, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Lysy
- Released
- June 22, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Fantasy, Paranormal
- Series
- Red Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781987176599
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Reluctant audiobook?
Reluctant runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is the Reluctant audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Reluctant?
Reluctant is narrated by Emma Lysy.