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Cardinal Rules by Barbara Delinsky

Cardinal Rules: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cardinal Rules audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.1listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cardinal Rules at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Laural Merlington

Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.

All Laural Merlington audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Modern shelf

2,710 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

Cardinal Rules is an audiobook by Barbara Delinsky: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released December 4, 2012, on the Modern and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.1 hrs
Narrated by
Laural Merlington
Released
December 4, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781666587418

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cardinal Rules audiobook?

Cardinal Rules runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is the Cardinal Rules audiobook free?

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Who narrates Cardinal Rules?

Cardinal Rules is narrated by Laural Merlington.