The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Precious Mustapha and Natalie Simpson (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 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 |
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What our data says
- At 10.3 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Precious Mustapha
Precious Mustapha narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 43 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,535 Historical (Fiction) 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 Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History is an audiobook by Lola Jaye: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Precious Mustapha and Natalie Simpson, released February 27, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Historical (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Precious Mustapha, Natalie Simpson
- Released
- February 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Historical (Romance), BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9781529064667
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History as an audiobook?
The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History?
The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History is narrated by Precious Mustapha and Natalie Simpson.
Is The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartbreaking novel about love, family and reclaiming Black British History worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.