The First Day: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Day runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerard Doyle (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gerard Doyle
Gerard Doyle narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,669 hours in all.
- Eldest: Inheritance, Book II
- Inheritance
- Murtagh: The World of Eragon
- The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Volume 1, Eragon
- The Looking Glass Wars
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,441 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 First Day is an audiobook by Phil Harrison: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerard Doyle, released October 24, 2017, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gerard Doyle
- Released
- October 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781538450420
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Day as an audiobook?
The First Day runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The First Day free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Day?
The First Day is narrated by Gerard Doyle.