The Burning: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Maeve Kerrigan series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Burning runs 14.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sarah Coomes (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.9 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 14.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Maeve Kerrigan
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 46.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Burning | 14.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Reckoning | 16 hrs |
| 3 | The Last Girl | 15.4 hrs |
More narrated by Sarah Coomes
Sarah Coomes narrates 48 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 715 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Suspense shelf
787 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Great Alone
- Nine Perfect Strangers
- True Believer
- The Woman in the Window
- The Devil's Hand
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 Burning is book 1 of Jane Casey's Maeve Kerrigan series: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Coomes, released May 8, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Coomes
- Released
- May 8, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Maeve Kerrigan #1
- ISBN
- 9781455860920
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Burning as an audiobook?
The Burning runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Burning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Burning?
The Burning is narrated by Sarah Coomes.
Is The Burning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.