The Taking: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Taking runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert narrates 651 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,675 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
1,120 Tough Topics 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 Taking is an audiobook by Kimberly Derting: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released April 29, 2014, on the Tough Topics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert
- Released
- April 29, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Tough Topics
- ISBN
- 9780062325006
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Taking as an audiobook?
The Taking runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Taking free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Taking?
The Taking is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.