Second Best: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Second Best audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Thomas (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 85 hours in all.
About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf
454 Comedy, Satire & Parody 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
Second Best is an audiobook by David Foenkinos: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Thomas, released April 16, 2024, on the Coming of Age and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Thomas
- Released
- April 16, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9798350898286
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Second Best audiobook?
Second Best runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is the Second Best audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Second Best?
Second Best is narrated by Joe Thomas.