Can't Always Get What You Want: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Houston Baddies series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Can't Always Get What You Want audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Alexa Elmy and Alexander Cendese (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.6 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 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Houston Baddies
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Can't Always Get What You Want | 9.6 hrs |
More narrated by Alexa Elmy
Alexa Elmy narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 941 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
3,450 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
Can't Always Get What You Want is book 2 of Sara Ney's Houston Baddies series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Alexa Elmy and Alexander Cendese, released October 12, 2026, on the Modern and Rom-Com shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alexa Elmy, Alexander Cendese
- Released
- October 12, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Rom-Com
- Series
- Houston Baddies #2
- ISBN
- 9798331997823
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Can't Always Get What You Want audiobook?
Can't Always Get What You Want runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is the Can't Always Get What You Want audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Can't Always Get What You Want?
Can't Always Get What You Want is narrated by Alexa Elmy and Alexander Cendese.