The Telling: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Telling runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Madeleine Maby (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Madeleine Maby
Madeleine Maby narrates 166 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,470 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
478 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 Telling is an audiobook by Alexandra Sirowy: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Madeleine Maby, released August 2, 2016, on the Mystery & Thriller and Tough Topics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Madeleine Maby
- Released
- August 2, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Thriller, Tough Topics
- ISBN
- 9781508224044
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Telling as an audiobook?
The Telling runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Telling free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Telling?
The Telling is narrated by Madeleine Maby.
Is The Telling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.