First Time: Ian's Story: Audiobook
Book 1 of the By the Numbers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Time: Ian's Story audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Antony Ferguson (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on By the Numbers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 36.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Time: Ian's Story | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | First Time: Penny's Story | 8.7 hrs |
| 3 | Second Chance: Ian | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | Second Chance: Penny | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Antony Ferguson
Antony Ferguson narrates 314 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,884 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
3,462 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
First Time: Ian's Story is book 1 of Abigail Barnette's By the Numbers series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Antony Ferguson, released May 10, 2016, on the Modern and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antony Ferguson
- Released
- May 10, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Fiction
- Series
- By the Numbers #1
- ISBN
- 9781515976806
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Time: Ian's Story audiobook?
First Time: Ian's Story runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is the First Time: Ian's Story audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Time: Ian's Story?
First Time: Ian's Story is narrated by Antony Ferguson.