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Summer and the City by Candace Bushnell

Summer and the City: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Carrie Diaries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Summer and the City audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jenna Lamia (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Summer and the City 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Carrie Diaries

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.8 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 20.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Carrie Diaries9.8 hrs
2Summer and the City10.5 hrs

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

Summer and the City is book 2 of Candace Bushnell's Carrie Diaries series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jenna Lamia, released April 26, 2011, on the Tough Topics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Jenna Lamia
Released
April 26, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Tough Topics
Series
Carrie Diaries #2
ISBN
9780062067586

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Summer and the City audiobook?

Summer and the City runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Summer and the City audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Summer and the City?

Summer and the City is narrated by Jenna Lamia.

Is Summer and the City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.