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The Hounds and the Fury by Rita Mae Brown

The Hounds and the Fury: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Sister Jane series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hounds and the Fury runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rita Mae Brown (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hounds and the Fury at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Sister Jane

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 37.9 hours before it; books 1 to 17 run 143.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Outfoxed10.5 hrs
2Hotspur9.5 hrs
3Full Cry10.7 hrs
4The Hunt Ball7.1 hrs
5The Hounds and the Fury8.4 hrs
6The Tell-Tale Horse7.6 hrs
7Hounded to Death6.7 hrs
8Fox Tracks8.4 hrs
9Let Sleeping Dogs Lie7.8 hrs
10Crazy Like a Fox8.7 hrs
11Homeward Hound9.3 hrs
12Scarlet Fever7.2 hrs

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 Hounds and the Fury is book 5 of Rita Mae Brown's Sister Jane series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Rita Mae Brown, released April 10, 2009, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Rita Mae Brown
Released
April 10, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Sister Jane #5
ISBN
9781436142113

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hounds and the Fury as an audiobook?

The Hounds and the Fury runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is The Hounds and the Fury free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hounds and the Fury?

The Hounds and the Fury is narrated by Rita Mae Brown.