This Is How It Always Is: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Is How It Always Is audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Gabra Zackman (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gabra Zackman
Gabra Zackman narrates 167 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,452 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,211 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
This Is How It Always Is is an audiobook by Laurie Frankel: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Gabra Zackman, released January 24, 2017, on the LGBTQ+ (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gabra Zackman
- Released
- January 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781427282538
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the This Is How It Always Is audiobook?
This Is How It Always Is runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is the This Is How It Always Is audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates This Is How It Always Is?
This Is How It Always Is is narrated by Gabra Zackman.
Is This Is How It Always Is worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.