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River's Song by Melody Carlson

River's Song: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Inn at Shining Waters series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the River's Song audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Tanya Eby (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish River's Song at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Inn at Shining Waters

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 24.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1River's Song7.7 hrs
2River's Call8.4 hrs
3River's End8.4 hrs

About as long, on the Drama shelf

1,553 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

River's Song is book 1 of Melody Carlson's Inn at Shining Waters series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Tanya Eby, released December 13, 2016, on the Drama and Religious Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Tanya Eby
Released
December 13, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Religious Fiction
Series
The Inn at Shining Waters #1
ISBN
9781666601107

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the River's Song audiobook?

River's Song runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the River's Song audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates River's Song?

River's Song is narrated by Tanya Eby.