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The Returning by Ann Tatlock

The Returning: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Returning runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Sowers (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Religious Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Returning at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Scott Sowers

Scott Sowers narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,050 hours in all.

All Scott Sowers audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf

1,779 Religious 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 Returning is an audiobook by Ann Tatlock: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Sowers, released April 24, 2009, on the Religious Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Sowers
Released
April 24, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Religious Fiction
ISBN
9781440718595

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Returning as an audiobook?

The Returning runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Returning free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Returning?

The Returning is narrated by Scott Sowers.