On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Melanie Shankle (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 8,524 Counseling & Inspirational audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Melanie Shankle
Melanie Shankle narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 36 hours in all.
- The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life
- Here Be Dragons: Treading the Deep Waters of Motherhood, Mean Girls, and Generational Trauma
- Nobody's Cuter than You
- Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn by Melanie Shankle
- It's All About the Small Things: Why the Ordinary Moments Matter
About as long, on the Counseling & Inspirational shelf
1,047 Counseling & Inspirational 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
On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself is an audiobook by Melanie Shankle: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Melanie Shankle, released February 25, 2020, on the Counseling & Inspirational and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Melanie Shankle
- Released
- February 25, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Counseling & Inspirational, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Self-Development
- ISBN
- 9780310358220
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself audiobook?
On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself audiobook free?
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Who narrates On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself?
On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself is narrated by Melanie Shankle.