The Real Thing: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sugar Lake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Real Thing runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lane (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sugar Lake
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Real Thing | 8.3 hrs |
| 2 | Only for You | 6.8 hrs |
| 3 | Love Like Ours | 7 hrs |
More narrated by John Lane
John Lane narrates 128 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,075 hours in all.
About as long, on the Rom-Com shelf
1,658 Rom-Com 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 Real Thing is book 1 of Melissa Foster's Sugar Lake series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lane, released September 5, 2017, on the Rom-Com shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lane
- Released
- September 5, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Rom-Com
- Series
- Sugar Lake #1
- ISBN
- 9781536690392
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Real Thing as an audiobook?
The Real Thing runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Real Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Real Thing?
The Real Thing is narrated by John Lane.