The Beginning: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Smoke Jensen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginning runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jack Garrett (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Smoke Jensen
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 29.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning | 10.1 hrs |
| 2 | This Violent Land | 10.1 hrs |
| 3 | Outlaw Country | 9.3 hrs |
More narrated by Jack Garrett
Jack Garrett narrates 245 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,484 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,446 Historical (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 Beginning is book 1 of J.A. Johnstone's Smoke Jensen series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jack Garrett, released September 29, 2015, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jack Garrett
- Released
- September 29, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Smoke Jensen #1
- ISBN
- 9781501904158
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beginning as an audiobook?
The Beginning runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Beginning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beginning?
The Beginning is narrated by Jack Garrett.
Is The Beginning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.