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Close to Hugh by Marina Endicott

Close to Hugh: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close to Hugh audiobook runs 17.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Deborah Drakeford and Marion Day and others (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Close to Hugh at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

618 Literary Fiction 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

Close to Hugh is an audiobook by Marina Endicott: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Deborah Drakeford, Marion Day and Caitlin Driscoll and others, released February 26, 2019, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.2 hrs
Narrated by
Deborah Drakeford, Marion Day, Caitlin Driscoll, Tom Rooney
Released
February 26, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780385692304

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Close to Hugh audiobook?

Close to Hugh runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is the Close to Hugh audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Close to Hugh?

Close to Hugh is narrated by Deborah Drakeford, Marion Day, Caitlin Driscoll and Tom Rooney.

Is Close to Hugh worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.