The Taker: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Taker runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laurel Lefkow (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laurel Lefkow
Laurel Lefkow narrates 337 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,612 hours in all.
- The Bone Clocks
- The Paper Palace: The No.1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick
- The Surgeon: A Rizzoli and Isles Novel
- The Christmas Sisters
- The Night Olivia Fell
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,609 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
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 Taker is an audiobook by Alma Katsu: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Laurel Lefkow, released September 6, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laurel Lefkow
- Released
- September 6, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Paranormal
- ISBN
- 9781442344587
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Taker as an audiobook?
The Taker runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is The Taker free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Taker?
The Taker is narrated by Laurel Lefkow.
Is The Taker worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.