Swimming Lessons: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Beach House series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Swimming Lessons audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Mary Alice Monroe (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Beach House
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.3 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 72.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beach House | 14.3 hrs |
| 2 | Swimming Lessons | 11.5 hrs |
| 3 | Beach House Memories | 12.8 hrs |
| 4 | Beach House for Rent | 11.6 hrs |
| 5 | Beach House Reunion | 11 hrs |
| 6 | On Ocean Boulevard | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 165 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
12,249 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
Swimming Lessons is book 2 of Mary Alice Monroe's Beach House series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mary Alice Monroe, released March 27, 2007, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mary Alice Monroe
- Released
- March 27, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- Series
- The Beach House #2
- ISBN
- 9781423331094
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Swimming Lessons audiobook?
Swimming Lessons runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Swimming Lessons audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Swimming Lessons?
Swimming Lessons is narrated by Mary Alice Monroe.
Is Swimming Lessons worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.