The Valley: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Valley series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Valley runs 21.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 14.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Valley Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 48.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Valley | 21.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Mountain | 13 hrs |
| 3 | The River | 14.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
252 Literary Fiction 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 Valley is book 1 of Helen Bryan's Valley series: a 21.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released July 19, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- July 19, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- The Valley Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781522639282
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Valley as an audiobook?
The Valley runs 21.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.3 hours.
Is The Valley free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Valley?
The Valley is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is The Valley worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.3 hours, saving 7.2 hours.