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Close to You by Cary J. Hansson

Close to You: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Gen X series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close to You audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisa Armytage (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Close to You at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Gen X Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Back to her Future9.7 hrs
2Close to You8.4 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,518 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 You is book 2 of Cary J. Hansson's Gen X series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Armytage, released November 12, 2024, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Lisa Armytage
Released
November 12, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women
Series
The Gen X Series #2
ISBN
9781666685220

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Close to You audiobook?

Close to You runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the Close to You audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Close to You?

Close to You is narrated by Lisa Armytage.