Cruel Beautiful World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cruel Beautiful World audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Xe Sands (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 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 10.1 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,458 Historical (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
Cruel Beautiful World is an audiobook by Caroline Leavitt: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released October 4, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
- Released
- October 4, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- ISBN
- 9781681682013
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cruel Beautiful World audiobook?
Cruel Beautiful World runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Cruel Beautiful World audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Cruel Beautiful World?
Cruel Beautiful World is narrated by Xe Sands.
Is Cruel Beautiful World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.