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It Wasn't Always Like This by Joy Preble

It Wasn't Always Like This: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the It Wasn't Always Like This audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jennifer Grace (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish It Wasn't Always Like This at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Wasn't Always Like This is an audiobook by Joy Preble: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Grace, released May 17, 2016, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jennifer Grace
Released
May 17, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Mystery & Fantasy
ISBN
9781501919152

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the It Wasn't Always Like This audiobook?

It Wasn't Always Like This runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is the It Wasn't Always Like This audiobook free?

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

Who narrates It Wasn't Always Like This?

It Wasn't Always Like This is narrated by Jennifer Grace.