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Cruel Desire by K.A. Linde

Cruel Desire: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Cruel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cruel Desire audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Dexter and Erin Mallon (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cruel Desire at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 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 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Cruel

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 34.8 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 51.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cruel Money9 hrs
2Cruel Fortune8.8 hrs
3Cruel Legacy9.5 hrs
4Cruel Truth7.5 hrs
5Cruel Desire8.6 hrs
6Cruel Marriage8.5 hrs

About as long, on the Modern shelf

3,355 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

Cruel Desire is book 5 of K.A. Linde's Cruel series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Dexter and Erin Mallon, released April 28, 2020, on the Modern shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Dexter, Erin Mallon
Released
April 28, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern
Series
Cruel #5
ISBN
9781667077796

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cruel Desire audiobook?

Cruel Desire runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Cruel Desire audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cruel Desire?

Cruel Desire is narrated by Stephen Dexter and Erin Mallon.