Bright Young Things: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bright Young Things series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bright Young Things audiobook runs 9.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Bauer (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bright Young Things
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bright Young Things | 9.9 hrs |
| 2 | Beautiful Days | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Emily Bauer
Emily Bauer narrates 73 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 611 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
346 Non-fiction (Kids) 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
Bright Young Things is book 1 of Anna Godbersen's Bright Young Things series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Bauer, released October 12, 2010, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emily Bauer
- Released
- October 12, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance (Teen & YA), Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Bright Young Things #1
- ISBN
- 9780061996825
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bright Young Things audiobook?
Bright Young Things runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is the Bright Young Things audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bright Young Things?
Bright Young Things is narrated by Emily Bauer.