The River King: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The River King runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,961 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 King is an audiobook by Alice Hoffman: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released January 25, 2005, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- January 25, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781596005334
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The River King as an audiobook?
The River King runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The River King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The River King?
The River King is narrated by Laural Merlington.