The Unwilling: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Barrier Lands series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Unwilling runs 19.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tia Rider (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 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 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barrier Lands
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 36.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Unwilling | 19.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Broken Tower | 16.8 hrs |
More narrated by Tia Rider
Tia Rider narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 672 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
488 Epic Fantasy 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 Unwilling is book 1 of Kelly Braffet's Barrier Lands series: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tia Rider, released February 11, 2020, on the Epic Fantasy and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tia Rider
- Released
- February 11, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy, Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- The Barrier Lands #1
- ISBN
- 9781488208058
How to listen to The Unwilling free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Unwilling as an audiobook?
The Unwilling runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Unwilling free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Unwilling?
The Unwilling is narrated by Tia Rider.
Is The Unwilling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.6 hours.