The Ruins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ruins runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin Atherton (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kristin Atherton
Kristin Atherton narrates 492 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,809 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,340 Historical (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 Ruins is an audiobook by Becky Docton: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Atherton, released August 13, 2026, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin Atherton
- Released
- August 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Coming of Age
- ISBN
- 9780008730789
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ruins as an audiobook?
The Ruins runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The Ruins free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ruins?
The Ruins is narrated by Kristin Atherton.
Is The Ruins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.