The Rules: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Johnson Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rules runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Pauley (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Johnson Family
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 17.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 32.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unforgettable | 6.5 hrs |
| 2 | Perfect | 5.4 hrs |
| 3 | Just Friends | 6.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Rules | 7.4 hrs |
| 5 | Good Behavior | 6.8 hrs |
More narrated by Michael Pauley
Michael Pauley narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 342 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,861 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 Rules is book 4 of Delaney Diamond's Johnson Family series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Pauley, released September 9, 2016, on the Modern and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Pauley
- Released
- September 9, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, BIPOC Stories & Voices
- Series
- Johnson Family #4
- ISBN
- 9781940636382
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rules as an audiobook?
The Rules runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Rules free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rules?
The Rules is narrated by Michael Pauley.