The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
The Californians by Brian Castleberry

The Californians: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Californians runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Micky Shiloah and Nancy Peterson and others (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Californians at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Micky Shiloah

Micky Shiloah narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 146 hours in all.

All Micky Shiloah audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,413 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 Californians is an audiobook by Brian Castleberry: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Micky Shiloah, Nancy Peterson and Rob Shapiro and others, released March 11, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Micky Shiloah, Nancy Peterson, Rob Shapiro, Jim Meskimen
Released
March 11, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780063213364

How to listen to The Californians free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is The Californians as an audiobook?

The Californians runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The Californians free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Californians?

The Californians is narrated by Micky Shiloah, Nancy Peterson, Rob Shapiro and Jim Meskimen.

Is The Californians worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.