Exceeding Expectations: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Charlie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Exceeding Expectations audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Amy Landon (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Charlie Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 32.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exceeding Expectations | 11.5 hrs |
| 2 | Paradise Misplaced | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Second Best Time | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Amy Landon
Amy Landon narrates 315 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,179 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,264 Mystery 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
Exceeding Expectations is book 1 of Lisa April Smith's Charlie series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Landon, released March 15, 2016, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amy Landon
- Released
- March 15, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- The Charlie Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781504684408
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Exceeding Expectations audiobook?
Exceeding Expectations runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Exceeding Expectations audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Exceeding Expectations?
Exceeding Expectations is narrated by Amy Landon.
Is Exceeding Expectations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.