The River: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Valley series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The River runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Valley Trilogy
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 34.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 48.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Valley | 21.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Mountain | 13 hrs |
| 3 | The River | 14.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,290 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 River is book 3 of Helen Bryan's Valley series: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released January 5, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- January 5, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- Series
- The Valley Trilogy #3
- ISBN
- 9781713542681
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The River as an audiobook?
The River runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is The River free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The River?
The River is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is The River worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.