The Beach House: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Beach House series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beach House runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mary Alice Monroe (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Beach House
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 72.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beach House | 14.3 hrs |
| 2 | Swimming Lessons | 11.5 hrs |
| 3 | Beach House Memories | 12.8 hrs |
| 4 | Beach House for Rent | 11.6 hrs |
| 5 | Beach House Reunion | 11 hrs |
| 6 | On Ocean Boulevard | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 165 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,303 Literary Fiction 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
The Beach House is book 1 of Mary Alice Monroe's Beach House series: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mary Alice Monroe, released July 1, 2010, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mary Alice Monroe
- Released
- July 1, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women
- Series
- The Beach House #1
- ISBN
- 9781441852724
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beach House as an audiobook?
The Beach House runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is The Beach House free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beach House?
The Beach House is narrated by Mary Alice Monroe.
Is The Beach House worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.