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The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

The Descendants: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Descendants runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Davis (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Descendants at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,882 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 Descendants is an audiobook by Kaui Hart Hemmings: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Davis, released October 1, 2010, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Davis
Released
October 1, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781602832572

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Descendants as an audiobook?

The Descendants runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is The Descendants free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Descendants?

The Descendants is narrated by Jonathan Davis.