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The Way Back Home by Freya North

The Way Back Home: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way Back Home runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Melody Grove (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Way Back Home at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Way Back Home is an audiobook by Freya North: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Melody Grove, released June 19, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Melody Grove
Released
June 19, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Psychological
ISBN
9780007481781

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Way Back Home as an audiobook?

The Way Back Home runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The Way Back Home free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Way Back Home?

The Way Back Home is narrated by Melody Grove.

Is The Way Back Home worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.