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Roots by Torill Thorup

Roots: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Inga Svartdal series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Roots audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Karen Cass (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Roots at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Inga Svartdal

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 5.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 16.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Shadows from the Past5.1 hrs
2Roots5.2 hrs
3Clipped Wings5.8 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

570 Historical (Romance) 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

Roots is book 2 of Torill Thorup's Inga Svartdal series: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Cass, released January 19, 2024, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
Karen Cass
Released
January 19, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
Inga Svartdal #2
ISBN
9789189806566

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Roots audiobook?

Roots runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Roots audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Roots?

Roots is narrated by Karen Cass.