The Children: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Children runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Iggy Costello and Leslie Aleman and others (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 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 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,174 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 Children is an audiobook by Melissa Albert: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Iggy Costello, Leslie Aleman and Kristen Sieh and others, released June 2, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Iggy Costello, Leslie Aleman, Kristen Sieh, Saskia Maarleveld, Rebecca Lowman
- Released
- June 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Books with Buzz
- ISBN
- 9780063487406
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Children as an audiobook?
The Children runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Children free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Children?
The Children is narrated by Iggy Costello, Leslie Aleman, Kristen Sieh and Saskia Maarleveld and others.
Is The Children worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.