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The Orchard by Peter Heller

The Orchard: Audiobook

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Orchard runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Marcin (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Orchard at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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

What our data says

  • At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,074 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 Orchard is an audiobook by Peter Heller: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Marcin, released December 2, 2025, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.8 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Marcin
Released
December 2, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Drama, Literary Fiction
Series
Vintage Contemporaries
ISBN
9798217174140

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Orchard as an audiobook?

The Orchard runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.

Is The Orchard free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Orchard?

The Orchard is narrated by Kate Marcin.