The Help: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Help runs an estimated 14.2 hours (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 14.2 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 14.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 74% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 21% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 14.2 hours (estimated).
About the book
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award–winning film. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town.
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How long is The Help as an audiobook?
The Help runs about 14.2 hours, our estimate from its 479 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Can I listen to The Help free?
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Is The Help worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Help first published?
The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Álvaro Abella Villar, Alvaro Abella was first published in 2009.
