The Girl in the Water: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Next Year's Snow series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girl in the Water runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Annette Chown (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Next Year's Snow
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 30.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl in the Water | 16 hrs |
| 2 | The Circus and the Atom | 14.1 hrs |
More narrated by Annette Chown
Annette Chown narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 98 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
813 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 Girl in the Water is book 1 of Joseph Howse's Next Year's Snow series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Annette Chown, released November 26, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Annette Chown
- Released
- November 26, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
- Series
- Next Year's Snow #1
- ISBN
- 9780995287884
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Girl in the Water as an audiobook?
The Girl in the Water runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Girl in the Water free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Girl in the Water?
The Girl in the Water is narrated by Annette Chown.
Is The Girl in the Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.