The Velvet Hours: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Velvet Hours runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tavia Gilbert and Kate Reading (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction 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 Literary Fiction shelf
2,719 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 Velvet Hours is an audiobook by Alyson Richman: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert and Kate Reading, released September 6, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert, Kate Reading
- Released
- September 6, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781504742511
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Velvet Hours as an audiobook?
The Velvet Hours runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Velvet Hours free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Velvet Hours?
The Velvet Hours is narrated by Tavia Gilbert and Kate Reading.
Is The Velvet Hours worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.