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A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author by Anne Youngson

A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author runs 11.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ana Clements (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.2listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 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 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,433 Historical (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

A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author is an audiobook by Anne Youngson: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ana Clements, released March 23, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.2 hrs
Narrated by
Ana Clements
Released
March 23, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Action & Adventure (Fiction), Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781529900286

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author as an audiobook?

A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author?

A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author is narrated by Ana Clements.

Is A Complicated Matter: A historical novel of love, belonging and finding your place in the world by the Costa Book Award shortlisted author worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.