Bittersweet: Audiobook
Book 2 of the California Historical series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bittersweet audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Stina Nielsen (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on California Historical
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.9 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 26.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letter Perfect | 12.9 hrs |
| 2 | Bittersweet | 13.5 hrs |
More narrated by Stina Nielsen
Stina Nielsen narrates 263 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,672 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,225 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Bittersweet is book 2 of Cathy Marie Hake's California Historical series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stina Nielsen, released February 18, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) and Religious Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stina Nielsen
- Released
- February 18, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Religious Fiction
- Series
- California Historical #2
- ISBN
- 9781436111737
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bittersweet audiobook?
Bittersweet runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Bittersweet audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bittersweet?
Bittersweet is narrated by Stina Nielsen.
Is Bittersweet worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.