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The Year We Turned Forty by Lisa Steinke, Liz Fenton

The Year We Turned Forty: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Year We Turned Forty runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lisa Larsen (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Year We Turned Forty at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

3,937 Contemporary Women 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 Year We Turned Forty is an audiobook by Lisa Steinke and Liz Fenton: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisa Larsen, released April 26, 2016, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Lisa Larsen
Released
April 26, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9781666608267

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Year We Turned Forty as an audiobook?

The Year We Turned Forty runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Year We Turned Forty free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Year We Turned Forty?

The Year We Turned Forty is narrated by Lisa Larsen.

Is The Year We Turned Forty worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.