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Beauty Queen by Julia London

Beauty Queen: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beauty Queen audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Natalie Ross (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beauty Queen at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 40.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Material Girl14 hrs
2Beauty Queen13.6 hrs
3Miss Fortune13.2 hrs

More narrated by Natalie Ross

Natalie Ross narrates 123 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,201 hours in all.

All Natalie Ross audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

1,335 Contemporary Women 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

Beauty Queen is book 2 of Julia London's Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Natalie Ross, released June 18, 2013, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Natalie Ross
Released
June 18, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
Series
The Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters #2
ISBN
9781480522466

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beauty Queen audiobook?

Beauty Queen runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is the Beauty Queen audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Beauty Queen?

Beauty Queen is narrated by Natalie Ross.

Is Beauty Queen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.