The City of Tears: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Joubert Family Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City of Tears runs 16.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Hattie Morahan (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Joubert Family Chronicles
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 17.2 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 62.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Burning Chambers | 17.2 hrs |
| 2 | The City of Tears | 16.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Ghost Ship: An Epic Historical Novel from the No. 1 Bestselling Author | 14.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Map of Bones: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller | 14.7 hrs |
More narrated by Hattie Morahan
Hattie Morahan narrates 44 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 506 hours in all.
- Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)
- The Storm Sister
- The Foundling: The gripping Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures award
- The Burning Chambers: A Thrilling Epic of Love and Conspiracy from the No. 1 Bestselling Author
- The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
941 Historical (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 City of Tears is book 2 of Kate Mosse's Joubert Family Chronicles series: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Hattie Morahan, released January 19, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hattie Morahan
- Released
- January 19, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Joubert Family Chronicles #2
- ISBN
- 9781250751669
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The City of Tears as an audiobook?
The City of Tears runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The City of Tears free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The City of Tears?
The City of Tears is narrated by Hattie Morahan.
Is The City of Tears worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.