The Ballad of Frankie Silver: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Ballad series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ballad of Frankie Silver runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 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 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ballad
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 46.7 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 61.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O | 11.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | She Walks These Hills | 12.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Rosewood Casket | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Ballad of Frankie Silver | 14.6 hrs |
More narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat narrates 247 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,371 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,680 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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 Ballad of Frankie Silver is book 5 of Sharyn McCrumb's Ballad series: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Rosenblat, released January 15, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barbara Rosenblat
- Released
- January 15, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Ballad #5
- ISBN
- 9781449802561
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ballad of Frankie Silver as an audiobook?
The Ballad of Frankie Silver runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Ballad of Frankie Silver free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ballad of Frankie Silver?
The Ballad of Frankie Silver is narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
Is The Ballad of Frankie Silver worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.