The Way Life Should Be: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way Life Should Be runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Caitlin Davies (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 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 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Caitlin Davies
Caitlin Davies narrates 270 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,537 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,962 Literary Fiction 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 Way Life Should Be is an audiobook by Christina Baker Kline: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Caitlin Davies, released March 31, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Caitlin Davies
- Released
- March 31, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062393975
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Way Life Should Be as an audiobook?
The Way Life Should Be runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Way Life Should Be free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Way Life Should Be?
The Way Life Should Be is narrated by Caitlin Davies.