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Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

Openly Straight: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Openly Straight series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Openly Straight audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Pete Cross (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Openly Straight at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 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 9 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 1,441 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Pete Cross

Pete Cross narrates 92 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 743 hours in all.

About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

342 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Openly Straight is book 1 of Bill Konigsberg's Openly Straight series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Pete Cross, released March 21, 2017, on the LGBTQ+ (Teen & YA) and Tough Topics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Pete Cross
Released
March 21, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Teen & YA), Tough Topics
Series
Openly Straight #1
ISBN
9781666599220

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Openly Straight audiobook?

Openly Straight runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is the Openly Straight audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Openly Straight?

Openly Straight is narrated by Pete Cross.