The Sweet Far Thing: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Gemma Doyle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sweet Far Thing runs 20.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Josephine Bailey (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 824 Historical (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Josephine Bailey
Josephine Bailey narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 490 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Teen & YA) shelf
6 Historical (Teen & YA) 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 Sweet Far Thing is book 3 of Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle series: a 20.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Josephine Bailey, released January 8, 2008, on the Historical (Teen & YA) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Josephine Bailey
- Released
- January 8, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Teen & YA)
- Series
- The Gemma Doyle Trilogy #3
- ISBN
- 9780739356777
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sweet Far Thing as an audiobook?
The Sweet Far Thing runs 20.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.
Is The Sweet Far Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sweet Far Thing?
The Sweet Far Thing is narrated by Josephine Bailey.
Is The Sweet Far Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.8 hours.