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The Mountain by Helen Bryan

The Mountain: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Valley series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mountain runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Mountain at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Valley Trilogy

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 21.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 48.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Valley21.5 hrs
2The Mountain13 hrs
3The River14.4 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,867 Literary Fiction 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 Mountain is book 2 of Helen Bryan's Valley series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released September 4, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Reading
Released
September 4, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
Series
The Valley Trilogy #2
ISBN
9781543695366

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Mountain as an audiobook?

The Mountain runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is The Mountain free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Mountain?

The Mountain is narrated by Kate Reading.

Is The Mountain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.