It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Mile High Heat series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Rupert Channing and Addison Barnes (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rupert Channing
Rupert Channing narrates 80 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 738 hours in all.
About as long, on the Rom-Com shelf
902 Rom-Com 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
It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard is book 1 of Christina Hovland's Mile High Heat series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Channing and Addison Barnes, released August 18, 2023, on the Rom-Com shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rupert Channing, Addison Barnes
- Released
- August 18, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Rom-Com
- Series
- Mile High Heat #1
- ISBN
- 9798368966540
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard audiobook?
It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard audiobook free?
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Who narrates It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard?
It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard is narrated by Rupert Channing and Addison Barnes.