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Hard to Take by Piper Lawson

Hard to Take: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Denver Kodiaks series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard to Take audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Tim Paige and Simone Lewis (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hard to Take at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Denver Kodiaks

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 5.5 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 20.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Hard to Fake5.5 hrs
2Hard to Take5.3 hrs
3Hard to Break5.6 hrs
4Rookie Season4 hrs

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 to Take is book 2 of Piper Lawson's Denver Kodiaks series: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Paige and Simone Lewis, released September 9, 2025, on the Modern shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Paige, Simone Lewis
Released
September 9, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern
Series
Denver Kodiaks #2
ISBN
9781998947331

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hard to Take audiobook?

Hard to Take runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Hard to Take audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hard to Take?

Hard to Take is narrated by Tim Paige and Simone Lewis.