The Better Part of Valor: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Confederation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Better Part of Valor runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Marguerite Gavin (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Confederation
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 56 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valor's Choice | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Better Part of Valor | 10 hrs |
| 3 | The Heart of Valor | 12 hrs |
| 4 | Valor's Trial | 12.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Truth of Valor | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Marguerite Gavin
Marguerite Gavin narrates 420 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,914 hours in all.
About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf
898 Westerns & War 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 Better Part of Valor is book 2 of Tanya Huff's Confederation series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Marguerite Gavin, released January 19, 2009, on the Westerns & War and Space Opera shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marguerite Gavin
- Released
- January 19, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War, Space Opera
- Series
- Confederation #2
- ISBN
- 9781400179916
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Better Part of Valor as an audiobook?
The Better Part of Valor runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Better Part of Valor free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Better Part of Valor?
The Better Part of Valor is narrated by Marguerite Gavin.
Is The Better Part of Valor worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.