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The Burning Point by Mary Jo Putney

The Burning Point: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Circle of Friends (Putney) series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Burning Point runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jack Garrett (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Romancestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Burning Point at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Circle of Friends (Putney)

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Burning Point12.7 hrs
2The Spiral Path13.3 hrs
3Twist of Fate12.5 hrs

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 Point is book 1 of Mary Jo Putney's Circle of Friends (Putney) series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jack Garrett, released July 20, 2012, on the Romance shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jack Garrett
Released
July 20, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance
Series
Circle of Friends (Putney) #1
ISBN
9781470324841

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Burning Point as an audiobook?

The Burning Point runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Burning Point free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Burning Point?

The Burning Point is narrated by Jack Garrett.

Is The Burning Point worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.