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The Goodbye Year by Kaira Rouda

The Goodbye Year: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Goodbye Year runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Madeleine Maby (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Goodbye Year at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Madeleine Maby

Madeleine Maby narrates 166 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,470 hours in all.

All Madeleine Maby audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

3,652 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 Goodbye Year is an audiobook by Kaira Rouda: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Madeleine Maby, released April 26, 2022, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Madeleine Maby
Released
April 26, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9781039413276

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Goodbye Year as an audiobook?

The Goodbye Year runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Goodbye Year free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Goodbye Year?

The Goodbye Year is narrated by Madeleine Maby.