The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Thorntons series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Heather Costa and Jeffrey Kafer (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Thorntons
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 32.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 | 5.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Very Thought of You | 5.3 hrs |
| 3 | If I Can't Have You | 4.9 hrs |
| 4 | Dream a Little Dream of Me | 5.1 hrs |
| 5 | Someone to Watch Over Me | 5.2 hrs |
| 6 | Till There Was You | 4.7 hrs |
| 7 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | 1.6 hrs |
More narrated by Heather Costa
Heather Costa narrates 138 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,159 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,032 Modern 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 Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 is book 1 of Iris Morland's Thorntons series: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Costa and Jeffrey Kafer, released February 4, 2019, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Costa, Jeffrey Kafer
- Released
- February 4, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- The Thorntons #1
- ISBN
- 9781951063184
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 as an audiobook?
The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1?
The Nearness of You: The Thorntons Book 1 is narrated by Heather Costa and Jeffrey Kafer.