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The Return by Michael Gruber

The Return: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return runs 17.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Davis (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.3listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Return at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 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 17.3 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

277 Action & Adventure (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 Return is an audiobook by Michael Gruber: a 17.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Davis, released September 3, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.3 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Davis
Released
September 3, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
ISBN
9781483063294

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Return as an audiobook?

The Return runs 17.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is The Return free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Return?

The Return is narrated by Jonathan Davis.

Is The Return worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.8 hours.