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The Long Way Home by Janis Reams Hudson

The Long Way Home: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Long Way Home runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Romancestore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Long Way Home at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister

Ruth Ann Phimister narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 482 hours in all.

All Ruth Ann Phimister audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Romance shelf

11,886 Romance 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 Long Way Home is an audiobook by Janis Reams Hudson: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Ann Phimister, released March 5, 2010, on the Romance shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Ruth Ann Phimister
Released
March 5, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance
ISBN
9781449816742

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Long Way Home as an audiobook?

The Long Way Home runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Long Way Home free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Long Way Home?

The Long Way Home is narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister.

Is The Long Way Home worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.