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True Blue by Jane Smiley

True Blue: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the True Blue audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Angela Goethals (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Kids)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish True Blue 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 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 7,218 Animals & Nature (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Horses of Oak Valley Ranch

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 13.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 38.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Georges and the Jewels6.6 hrs
2A Good Horse7.2 hrs
3True Blue8.4 hrs
4Pie in the Sky7.7 hrs
5Gee Whiz8.3 hrs

More narrated by Angela Goethals

Angela Goethals narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 378 hours in all.

All Angela Goethals audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf

238 Animals & Nature (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

True Blue is book 3 of Jane Smiley's Horses of Oak Valley Ranch series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Angela Goethals, released December 19, 2014, on the Animals & Nature (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Angela Goethals
Released
December 19, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Kids)
Series
Horses of Oak Valley Ranch #3
ISBN
9781490676609

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the True Blue audiobook?

True Blue runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the True Blue audiobook free?

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

Who narrates True Blue?

True Blue is narrated by Angela Goethals.