The Briars: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Briars runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Helen Laser and Shaun Taylor-Corbett and others (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 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 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Helen Laser
Helen Laser narrates 182 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,595 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,957 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 Briars is an audiobook by Sarah Crouch: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Helen Laser, Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Jonathan Todd Ross, released January 13, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Helen Laser, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Jonathan Todd Ross
- Released
- January 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781668130544
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Briars as an audiobook?
The Briars runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Briars free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Briars?
The Briars is narrated by Helen Laser, Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Jonathan Todd Ross.