A Perfectly Good Family: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Perfectly Good Family runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Ericksen
Susan Ericksen narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
1,690 Drama audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2017 recording read by Jennifer Woodward runs 1.5 hours shorter (11.5 hours).
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 Perfectly Good Family is an audiobook by Lionel Shriver: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released February 28, 2009, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Ericksen
- Released
- February 28, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- ISBN
- 9781423360827
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Perfectly Good Family as an audiobook?
A Perfectly Good Family runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is A Perfectly Good Family free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Perfectly Good Family?
A Perfectly Good Family is narrated by Susan Ericksen.
Is A Perfectly Good Family worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.