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The Plan by Janiah Benitez

The Plan: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hale series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Plan runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ryder Sol and Julio Maxwell (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.9listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Plan at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

112 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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 Plan is book 1 of Janiah Benitez's Hale series: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ryder Sol and Julio Maxwell, released November 2, 2026, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Romance shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.9 hrs
Narrated by
Ryder Sol, Julio Maxwell
Released
November 2, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices, Romance
Series
Hale #1
ISBN
9798331983949

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Plan as an audiobook?

The Plan runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is The Plan free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Plan?

The Plan is narrated by Ryder Sol and Julio Maxwell.

Is The Plan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.