The Upper Room: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Mama Ruby series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Upper Room runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin R. Free (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 1,693 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mama Ruby
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Upper Room | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | Mama Ruby | 12.6 hrs |
More narrated by Kevin R. Free
Kevin R. Free narrates 152 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,324 hours in all.
About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf
389 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Upper Room is book 1 of Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin R. Free, released October 24, 2008, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kevin R. Free
- Released
- October 24, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices
- Series
- Mama Ruby #1
- ISBN
- 9781436184472
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Upper Room as an audiobook?
The Upper Room runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is The Upper Room free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Upper Room?
The Upper Room is narrated by Kevin R. Free.