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The Way West by A. B. Guthrie

The Way West: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Big Sky series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way West runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin Foley (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Way West at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Big Sky

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 26.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Big Sky14.4 hrs
2The Way West12.1 hrs

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 West is book 2 of A. B. Guthrie's Big Sky series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Foley, released April 16, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin Foley
Released
April 16, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Westerns & War, Drama
Series
The Big Sky #2
ISBN
9781666607055

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Way West as an audiobook?

The Way West runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is The Way West free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Way West?

The Way West is narrated by Kevin Foley.

Is The Way West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.