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The Sum of These Things by Emily O’Beirne

The Sum of These Things: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Story of Now series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sum of These Things runs 14.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cat Gould (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.1listening hrs
LGBTQ+ (Romance)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sum of These Things at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 4,552 LGBTQ+ (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Story of Now

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 27.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Story of Now13.2 hrs
2The Sum of These Things14.1 hrs

About as long, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf

192 LGBTQ+ (Romance) 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 Sum of These Things is book 2 of Emily O’Beirne's Story of Now series: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Cat Gould, released October 25, 2022, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.1 hrs
Narrated by
Cat Gould
Released
October 25, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Romance)
Series
Story of Now #2
ISBN
9781666191783

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sum of These Things as an audiobook?

The Sum of These Things runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.

Is The Sum of These Things free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sum of These Things?

The Sum of These Things is narrated by Cat Gould.

Is The Sum of These Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.