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The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

The Beautiful: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Beautiful Quartet series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beautiful runs 13.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lauren Ezzo (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormalstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Beautiful at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Beautiful Quartet

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 46.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Beautiful13.2 hrs
2The Damned12.3 hrs
3The Righteous10.5 hrs
4The Ruined10.9 hrs

More narrated by Lauren Ezzo

Lauren Ezzo narrates 386 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.

All Lauren Ezzo audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf

888 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Beautiful is book 1 of Renée Ahdieh's Beautiful Quartet series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Lauren Ezzo, released October 8, 2019, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
Lauren Ezzo
Released
October 8, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
Series
The Beautiful Quartet #1
ISBN
9780593105634

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Beautiful as an audiobook?

The Beautiful runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is The Beautiful free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Beautiful?

The Beautiful is narrated by Lauren Ezzo.

Is The Beautiful worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.