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The Better Part of Worse by Denise-Marie Martin

The Better Part of Worse: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Better Part of Worse runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Madeline Starr (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Better Part of Worse at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

2,512 Historical (Romance) 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 Better Part of Worse is an audiobook by Denise-Marie Martin: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Madeline Starr, released January 21, 2025, on the Historical (Romance) and Religious Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Madeline Starr
Released
January 21, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Religious Fiction
ISBN
9798991446914

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Better Part of Worse as an audiobook?

The Better Part of Worse runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The Better Part of Worse free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Better Part of Worse?

The Better Part of Worse is narrated by Madeline Starr.

Is The Better Part of Worse worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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