The Close-Up: Audiobook
Book 1 of the I Heart SF series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Close-Up runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Donnabella Mortel (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on I Heart SF
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Close-Up | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | In Love with Lewis Prescott | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Donnabella Mortel
Donnabella Mortel narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 224 hours in all.
- Illuminae
- Aurora Rising
- Aurora Burning
- Faker
- The Aurora's End
About as long, on the Modern shelf
3,020 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 Close-Up is book 1 of Sarah Smith's I Heart SF series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Donnabella Mortel, released April 5, 2022, on the Rom-Com and Modern shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Donnabella Mortel
- Released
- April 5, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Rom-Com, Modern
- Series
- I Heart SF #1
- ISBN
- 9781488213953
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Close-Up as an audiobook?
The Close-Up runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Close-Up free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Close-Up?
The Close-Up is narrated by Donnabella Mortel.
Is The Close-Up worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.