Before December: Audiobook
Book 1 of the By Your Side series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before December audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Hannah Chiclana (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on By Your Side
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 26.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before December | 14 hrs |
| 2 | After December | 12.7 hrs |
More narrated by Hannah Chiclana
Hannah Chiclana narrates 30 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 274 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
817 Modern 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
Before December is book 1 of Joana Marcús's By Your Side series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Hannah Chiclana, released September 30, 2025, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hannah Chiclana
- Released
- September 30, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- By Your Side #1
- ISBN
- 9781464255755
How to listen to Before December free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before December audiobook?
Before December runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Before December audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before December?
Before December is narrated by Hannah Chiclana.
Is Before December worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.