The Shortest Way Home: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shortest Way Home runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
6,202 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Husband's Secret
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 Shortest Way Home is an audiobook by Juliette Fay: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released October 30, 2012, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- October 30, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483060576
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shortest Way Home as an audiobook?
The Shortest Way Home runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Shortest Way Home free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shortest Way Home?
The Shortest Way Home is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is The Shortest Way Home worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.