The Hour I First Believed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hour I First Believed runs 25.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 16.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 51 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25.2 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by George Guidall
George Guidall narrates 722 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,374 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
33 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 Hour I First Believed is an audiobook by Wally Lamb: a 25.2-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released November 11, 2008, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Guidall
- Released
- November 11, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- ISBN
- 9780061771323
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hour I First Believed as an audiobook?
The Hour I First Believed runs 25.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.8 hours.
Is The Hour I First Believed free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hour I First Believed?
The Hour I First Believed is narrated by George Guidall.
Is The Hour I First Believed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.8 hours, saving 8.4 hours.