The Willoughbys: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Willoughbys series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Willoughbys runs 2.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Arte Johnson (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.9 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Willoughbys
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 6.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Willoughbys | 2.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Willoughbys Return | 3.6 hrs |
More narrated by Arte Johnson
Arte Johnson narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 256 hours in all.
- Bad Monkey
- Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
- Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns
- The Mulligan: A Parable of Second Chances
- The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity: Brixton Brothers, Book 1
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
745 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Willoughbys is book 1 of Lois Lowry's Willoughbys series: a 2.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Arte Johnson, released April 8, 2008, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Humor shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Arte Johnson
- Released
- April 8, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Humor
- Series
- The Willoughbys #1
- ISBN
- 9780739364024
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Willoughbys as an audiobook?
The Willoughbys runs 2.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.
Is The Willoughbys free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Willoughbys?
The Willoughbys is narrated by Arte Johnson.