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To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing

To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Reading (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf

685 Animals & Nature (Non-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

To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface is an audiobook by Olivia Laing: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released May 28, 2019, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Reading
Released
May 28, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781982664138

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface audiobook?

To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface audiobook free?

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

Who narrates To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface?

To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface is narrated by Kate Reading.