The Reader: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sea of Ink and Gold series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reader runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kim Mai Guest (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 2,356 Mystery & Thriller audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sea of Ink and Gold
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 42.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Reader | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Speaker | 14.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Storyteller | 15.5 hrs |
More narrated by Kim Mai Guest
Kim Mai Guest narrates 116 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,139 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf
258 Mystery & Thriller 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 Reader is book 1 of Traci Chee's Sea of Ink and Gold series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kim Mai Guest, released September 13, 2016, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kim Mai Guest
- Released
- September 13, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Thriller
- Series
- Sea of Ink and Gold #1
- ISBN
- 9780147525727
How to listen to The Reader free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Reader as an audiobook?
The Reader runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Reader free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Reader?
The Reader is narrated by Kim Mai Guest.
Is The Reader worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.