How to Be a Grown-Up: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Be a Grown-Up audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Tara Sands (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tara Sands
Tara Sands narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,047 hours in all.
- Winning
- Flipped
- The Language of Flowers
- Dietland
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Tempest Runner
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
1,898 Contemporary Women 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
How to Be a Grown-Up is an audiobook by Emma McLaughlin: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Tara Sands, released December 8, 2015, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tara Sands
- Released
- December 8, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781666593617
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How to Be a Grown-Up audiobook?
How to Be a Grown-Up runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is the How to Be a Grown-Up audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How to Be a Grown-Up?
How to Be a Grown-Up is narrated by Tara Sands.