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Meant to Be by Rita Coburn Whack

Meant to Be: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Meant to Be audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Lizan Mitchell and Susan Spain (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Meant to Be at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,091 Literary 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

Meant to Be is an audiobook by Rita Coburn Whack: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lizan Mitchell and Susan Spain, released November 20, 2009, on the Literary Fiction and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Lizan Mitchell, Susan Spain
Released
November 20, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9781436143691

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Meant to Be audiobook?

Meant to Be runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the Meant to Be audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Meant to Be?

Meant to Be is narrated by Lizan Mitchell and Susan Spain.

Is Meant to Be worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.