The Hope before Us: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Women of Valor series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hope before Us runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vanessa Benjamin (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Women of Valor Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 28.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 42.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Such a Time | 13.3 hrs |
| 2 | So Shall We Stand | 15 hrs |
| 3 | The Hope before Us | 14 hrs |
More narrated by Vanessa Benjamin
Vanessa Benjamin narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 260 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,991 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
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 Hope before Us is book 3 of Elyse Larson's Women of Valor series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Benjamin, released January 1, 2006, on the Historical (Fiction) and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vanessa Benjamin
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Religious Fiction
- Series
- The Women of Valor Series #3
- ISBN
- 9781624607943
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hope before Us as an audiobook?
The Hope before Us runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Hope before Us free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hope before Us?
The Hope before Us is narrated by Vanessa Benjamin.
Is The Hope before Us worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.