The Taken Ones: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Steinbeck and Reed series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Taken Ones runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Carly Robins (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Steinbeck and Reed
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 29.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Taken Ones | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Reaping | 9.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Laughing Dead | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Carly Robins
Carly Robins narrates 483 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,368 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,070 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Taken Ones is book 1 of Jess Lourey's Steinbeck and Reed series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Carly Robins, released September 19, 2023, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carly Robins
- Released
- September 19, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Steinbeck and Reed #1
- ISBN
- 9798400116247
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Taken Ones as an audiobook?
The Taken Ones runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Taken Ones free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Taken Ones?
The Taken Ones is narrated by Carly Robins.
Is The Taken Ones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.