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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Alone runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julia Whelan (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Great Alone at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan narrates 408 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,883 hours in all.

All Julia Whelan audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

620 Contemporary Women 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 Great Alone is an audiobook by Kristin Hannah: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Whelan, released February 6, 2018, on the Suspense and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
Julia Whelan
Released
February 6, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9781427287540

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Great Alone as an audiobook?

The Great Alone runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Great Alone free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Great Alone?

The Great Alone is narrated by Julia Whelan.

Is The Great Alone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.