The Start of Something Good: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Stay series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Start of Something Good runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sebastian York and Madeleine Maby (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Stay
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Start of Something Good | 9.7 hrs |
| 2 | A Brand New Ending | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | All Roads Lead to You | 10.7 hrs |
More narrated by Sebastian York
Sebastian York narrates 305 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,735 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
3,415 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 Start of Something Good is book 1 of Jennifer Probst's Stay series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Sebastian York and Madeleine Maby, released June 5, 2018, on the Modern shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sebastian York, Madeleine Maby
- Released
- June 5, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern
- Series
- Stay #1
- ISBN
- 9781543697162
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Start of Something Good as an audiobook?
The Start of Something Good runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Start of Something Good free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Start of Something Good?
The Start of Something Good is narrated by Sebastian York and Madeleine Maby.