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The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice by Anise Starre

The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jessica Alade and Daniel Smith (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Modern shelf

3,000 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 High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice is an audiobook by Anise Starre: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jessica Alade and Daniel Smith, released July 2, 2026, on the Modern and Rom-Com shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Jessica Alade, Daniel Smith
Released
July 2, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern, Rom-Com, BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9781398544406

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice as an audiobook?

The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice?

The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice is narrated by Jessica Alade and Daniel Smith.

Is The High Life: A swoony, high-society romance with plenty of yearning, scheming and spice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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