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The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

The Spectacular: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spectacular runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs and Kimberly Farr (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Spectacular at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs

Rachel L. Jacobs narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 321 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

959 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Spectacular is an audiobook by Fiona Davis: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachel L. Jacobs and Kimberly Farr, released June 13, 2023, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Rachel L. Jacobs, Kimberly Farr
Released
June 13, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780593742624

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Spectacular as an audiobook?

The Spectacular runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is The Spectacular free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Spectacular?

The Spectacular is narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs and Kimberly Farr.

Is The Spectacular worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.