The Ancients: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ancients runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Handford (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kate Handford
Kate Handford narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,157 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
141 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Dani Martineck runs 0.3 hours shorter (13.3 hours).
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
The Ancients is an audiobook by John Larison: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Handford, released April 10, 2025, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Handford
- Released
- April 10, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781004201983
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ancients as an audiobook?
The Ancients runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Ancients free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ancients?
The Ancients is narrated by Kate Handford.
Is The Ancients worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.