Hard Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Times audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Susan Dalian (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Dalian
Susan Dalian narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 367 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,506 Literary Fiction 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
Hard Times is an audiobook by Jeff Boyd: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Dalian, released March 17, 2026, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Dalian
- Released
- March 17, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781250433305
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hard Times audiobook?
Hard Times runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Hard Times audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hard Times?
Hard Times is narrated by Susan Dalian.
Is Hard Times worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.