The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ruth Jones (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 108 hours in all.
- Us Three: The funny and uplifting Sunday Times bestseller from the co-creator of Gavin & Stacey
- Love Untold: The joyful Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick from the Gavin & Stacey co-creator
- When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between: The Sunday Times bestselling behind-the-scenes memoir from the creators of Gavin and Stacey
- Little Brexit: Featuring never-before-heard sketches
- Everyday Kindness: A collection of uplifting tales to brighten your day
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
3,990 Contemporary Women 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 By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator is an audiobook by Ruth Jones: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Ruth Jones, released May 22, 2025, on the Contemporary Women and Books with Buzz shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ruth Jones
- Released
- May 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Books with Buzz
- ISBN
- 9781529904215
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator as an audiobook?
The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator?
The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator is narrated by Ruth Jones.
Is The By Your Side: The uplifting read-in-one-sitting read from the Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling Author and Gavin & Stacey co-creator worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.