By Design: Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the By Design series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By Design: Book 1 audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Hallie Ricardo (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Hallie Ricardo
Hallie Ricardo narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 361 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,959 Modern audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Hallie Ricardo runs 0.6 hours shorter (10 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by Hallie Ricardo runs 0.8 hours shorter (9.8 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
By Design: Book 1 is book 1 of J Boykin Baker's By Design series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Hallie Ricardo, released February 23, 2024, on the Modern and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hallie Ricardo
- Released
- February 23, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Contemporary Women
- Series
- By Design Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781959162575
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the By Design: Book 1 audiobook?
By Design: Book 1 runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the By Design: Book 1 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates By Design: Book 1?
By Design: Book 1 is narrated by Hallie Ricardo.
Is By Design: Book 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.