Dire Straights: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Boys of BBU series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dire Straights audiobook runs 8.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Casale and Nathaniel Ames (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 4,552 LGBTQ+ (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Boys of BBU
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dire Straights | 8.9 hrs |
| 2 | Fine Line | 10.2 hrs |
More narrated by Michael Casale
Michael Casale narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 115 hours in all.
About as long, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf
917 LGBTQ+ (Romance) 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
Dire Straights is book 1 of L. A. Lambert's Boys of BBU series: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Casale and Nathaniel Ames, released August 26, 2025, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Casale, Nathaniel Ames
- Released
- August 26, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Romance)
- Series
- Boys of BBU #1
- ISBN
- 9798331969042
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dire Straights audiobook?
Dire Straights runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the Dire Straights audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dire Straights?
Dire Straights is narrated by Michael Casale and Nathaniel Ames.