It Had to Be You: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Christiansen Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the It Had to Be You audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Joell A. Jacob (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 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 |
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What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 7,973 Religious Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Christiansen Family
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.7 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 68.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take a Chance on Me | 10.7 hrs |
| 2 | It Had to Be You | 11.6 hrs |
| 3 | When I Fall in Love | 11.2 hrs |
| 4 | Always on My Mind | 11.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Wonder of You | 12.3 hrs |
| 6 | You're the One That I Want | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Joell A. Jacob
Joell A. Jacob narrates 26 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 237 hours in all.
About as long, on the Religious Fiction shelf
1,594 Religious 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
It Had to Be You is book 2 of Susan May Warren's Christiansen Family series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Joell A. Jacob, released August 2, 2016, on the Religious Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joell A. Jacob
- Released
- August 2, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Religious Fiction
- Series
- Christiansen Family #2
- ISBN
- 9781515979401
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the It Had to Be You audiobook?
It Had to Be You runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the It Had to Be You audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates It Had to Be You?
It Had to Be You is narrated by Joell A. Jacob.
Is It Had to Be You worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.