The Next Best Thing: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Next Best Thing runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Xe Sands (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,970 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 Next Best Thing is an audiobook by Kristan Higgins: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released June 24, 2016, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
- Released
- June 24, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- ISBN
- 9781490696720
How to listen to The Next Best Thing free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Next Best Thing as an audiobook?
The Next Best Thing runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Next Best Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Next Best Thing?
The Next Best Thing is narrated by Xe Sands.
Is The Next Best Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.