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Dear Thing by Julie Cohen

Dear Thing: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dear Thing audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Barrie Kreinik (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dear Thing at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Barrie Kreinik

Barrie Kreinik narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,156 hours in all.

All Barrie Kreinik audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

4,409 Contemporary Women 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

Dear Thing is an audiobook by Julie Cohen: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrie Kreinik, released March 29, 2016, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Barrie Kreinik
Released
March 29, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781427273482

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dear Thing audiobook?

Dear Thing runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the Dear Thing audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dear Thing?

Dear Thing is narrated by Barrie Kreinik.

Is Dear Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.