The Good Earth: Audiobook
Book 1 of the House of Earth series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Good Earth runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anthony Heald (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The House of Earth Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 38 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Good Earth | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | Sons | 14 hrs |
| 3 | A House Divided | 13.4 hrs |
More narrated by Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 471 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,046 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 Good Earth is book 1 of Pearl S. Buck's House of Earth series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Anthony Heald, released January 1, 2006, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anthony Heald
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- Series
- The House of Earth Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781483071022
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Good Earth as an audiobook?
The Good Earth runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is The Good Earth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Good Earth?
The Good Earth is narrated by Anthony Heald.
Is The Good Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.