The Best We Could Hope For: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best We Could Hope For runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tessa Flannery (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tessa Flannery
Tessa Flannery narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 86 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,346 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Helen Laser runs 0.3 hours shorter (7.8 hours).
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 Best We Could Hope For is an audiobook by Nicola Kraus: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Tessa Flannery, released May 29, 2025, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tessa Flannery
- Released
- May 29, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781004192502
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best We Could Hope For as an audiobook?
The Best We Could Hope For runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Best We Could Hope For free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best We Could Hope For?
The Best We Could Hope For is narrated by Tessa Flannery.