The Backup Plan: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Charleston series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Backup Plan runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Cottle (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Charleston Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 34.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Backup Plan | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Flirting with Disaster | 12.9 hrs |
| 3 | Waking Up in Charleston | 10.7 hrs |
More narrated by Elizabeth Cottle
Elizabeth Cottle narrates 45 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 250 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,990 Modern 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
The Backup Plan is book 1 of Sherryl Woods's Charleston series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Cottle, released May 13, 2021, on the Modern and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Cottle
- Released
- May 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Charleston Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781666536737
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Backup Plan as an audiobook?
The Backup Plan runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Backup Plan free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Backup Plan?
The Backup Plan is narrated by Elizabeth Cottle.
Is The Backup Plan worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.